new thread: Taylor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to talking about Taylor. His latest missive was feigning surprise that there are still racial achievement gaps in MCPE and he's vowed to address the issue. Ridiculous.

I agree with you that it's a little odd for him to be as "surprised" as he is, but I thought the rest of his answer was decent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to talking about Taylor. His latest missive was feigning surprise that there are still racial achievement gaps in MCPE and he's vowed to address the issue. Ridiculous.

I assume you're referring to this (though it's not a missive).

https://moco360.media/2024/10/15/mcps-continued-educational-inequalities/

It’s only surprising for folks who believe more progress has been made in society than is reality.

Just like folks think the Civil Rights movement is some long ago history and yet many of the folks who lived through it are just grandparents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to talking about Taylor. His latest missive was feigning surprise that there are still racial achievement gaps in MCPE and he's vowed to address the issue. Ridiculous.

I assume you're referring to this (though it's not a missive).

https://moco360.media/2024/10/15/mcps-continued-educational-inequalities/

He’s all talk. Bcc was a hot mess way back when and had lots of race and other issues. He misuse have stayed in his bubble and not seen it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to talking about Taylor. His latest missive was feigning surprise that there are still racial achievement gaps in MCPE and he's vowed to address the issue. Ridiculous.

I assume you're referring to this (though it's not a missive).

https://moco360.media/2024/10/15/mcps-continued-educational-inequalities/

He’s all talk. Bcc was a hot mess way back when and had lots of race and other issues. He misuse have stayed in his bubble and not seen it.

Sorry, must have.

[Anonymous]

I guess McKnight is a tough act to follow.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting that article. This struck me:

“As Montgomery has continued to grow in its diversity … we have not grown in our toolkit on how we meet the needs of Black children and brown children, how we meet the needs of our students with disabilities, and how we meet the needs of our English language learners,” Taylor told the roughly 30 attendees. “These are real weak spots for Montgomery County and things we need to address immediately.”

The problem is that they are now taking a lowest common denominator approach. Everyone gets the same thing in school, and it is watered down. Those with resources give their kids what they need by supplementing. They tend to be white. But students of color who are bright and need more are less likely to have parents who can supplement outside of MCPS. This just exacerbated the inequities.

[Anonymous]

It also doesn't help when admin gives teachers a hard time by pushing for falsely inflated data when we didn't learn how to fraud numbers in college. I have no idea how to do it and kids know their teachers are being destroyed bc the admin wants fake numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for posting that article. This struck me:

“As Montgomery has continued to grow in its diversity … we have not grown in our toolkit on how we meet the needs of Black children and brown children, how we meet the needs of our students with disabilities, and how we meet the needs of our English language learners,” Taylor told the roughly 30 attendees. “These are real weak spots for Montgomery County and things we need to address immediately.”

The problem is that they are now taking a lowest common denominator approach. Everyone gets the same thing in school, and it is watered down. Those with resources give their kids what they need by supplementing. They tend to be white. But students of color who are bright and need more are less likely to have parents who can supplement outside of MCPS. This just exacerbated the inequities.

Furthermore, we keep talking about the disparities, but not the root causes of the disparities. If he's hoping to address these disparities "immediately," Taylor needs to be clear-eyed and explicit about what he's addressing. The disparate academic outcomes are the symptoms, what, specifically, does he believe to be the problems and their underlying root causes that HE is going to address?

[Anonymous]

Soooo..
How's he doing now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess McKnight is a tough act to follow.

He follows Felder, who I thought did pretty well in her interim position.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Soooo..
How's he doing now?

No wasteful spending on MVA, so that much is good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Soooo..
How's he doing now?

No wasteful spending on MVA, so that much is good.

Kids left and funding lost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Soooo..
How's he doing now?

No wasteful spending on MVA, so that much is good.

Now we are just wasting money on your kids schools. Lets cut that. You can do better homeschooling as you are the smartest person around.

[Anonymous]

Who writes those weekly messages? Communications office??