Will mcps get better post-McKnight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing. My friends in FCPS would probably disagree with you. The issues are all over, not limited to MCPS.

+1. Every district has its issue. Some more issues than others. Only really small wealthy districts have few issues. And the major issues with those is being able to afford to live there and space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing. My friends in FCPS would probably disagree with you. The issues are all over, not limited to MCPS.

+1. Every district has its issue. Some more issues than others. Only really small wealthy districts have few issues. And the major issues with those is being able to afford to live there and space.

These small (homogenous) districts have to be able pay really high taxes to afford to the capital improvement projects. Eventually, that becomes unaffordable (see Connecticut for examples).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think moving out of state will solve the problem. Schools are falling apart everywhere.

Schools are fine, even great when families value education. The problem isn't the schools as much as it is the parents.

Those schools are over the rainbow. way up high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think moving out of state will solve the problem. Schools are falling apart everywhere.

Schools are fine, even great when families value education. The problem isn't the schools as much as it is the parents.

So true! Lazy parents expect the state to raise their children for them.

Parents not parenting and giving their kids guns. Parent allowing their kids to be hoodlums and not placing importance on education. It all starts At home. Ask the Asians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing. My friends in FCPS would probably disagree with you. The issues are all over, not limited to MCPS.

Agree the issues are all over. Politics and No Child Left Behind may have had good intentions, but teaching to the test became a thing, not to mention no autonomy for teachers, and the massive loss of respect by parents (worsened during the pandemic), low pay, long hours and so much that teachers have to do that isn't teaching. Add in public money being stripped from publics to send kids to privates in some states, and it's a perfect storm.

Public education is in a world of trouble

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing. My friends in FCPS would probably disagree with you. The issues are all over, not limited to MCPS.

Agree the issues are all over. Politics and No Child Left Behind may have had good intentions, but teaching to the test became a thing, not to mention no autonomy for teachers, and the massive loss of respect by parents (worsened during the pandemic), low pay, long hours and so much that teachers have to do that isn't teaching. Add in public money being stripped from publics to send kids to privates in some states, and it's a perfect storm.

Public education is in a world of trouble

If teaching to the test became the priority, why are so many students doing horribly on standardized testing? Clearly, if they're teaching to the test, they're not doing a very good job of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing. My friends in FCPS would probably disagree with you. The issues are all over, not limited to MCPS.

Agree the issues are all over. Politics and No Child Left Behind may have had good intentions, but teaching to the test became a thing, not to mention no autonomy for teachers, and the massive loss of respect by parents (worsened during the pandemic), low pay, long hours and so much that teachers have to do that isn't teaching. Add in public money being stripped from publics to send kids to privates in some states, and it's a perfect storm.

Public education is in a world of trouble

If teaching to the test became the priority, why are so many students doing horribly on standardized testing? Clearly, if they're teaching to the test, they're not doing a very good job of it.

We don't get the test beforehand, so I think you are misinformed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing. My friends in FCPS would probably disagree with you. The issues are all over, not limited to MCPS.

Agree the issues are all over. Politics and No Child Left Behind may have had good intentions, but teaching to the test became a thing, not to mention no autonomy for teachers, and the massive loss of respect by parents (worsened during the pandemic), low pay, long hours and so much that teachers have to do that isn't teaching. Add in public money being stripped from publics to send kids to privates in some states, and it's a perfect storm.

Public education is in a world of trouble

If teaching to the test became the priority, why are so many students doing horribly on standardized testing? Clearly, if they're teaching to the test, they're not doing a very good job of it.

We don't get the test beforehand, so I think you are misinformed.

How am I misinformed? The PP I quoted said "teaching to the test became a thing." And I asked, if it did become a thing, why are test results so poor?

[Anonymous]

I think McKnight and her cronies (many of whom are still in MCPS) did a LOT of damage to MCPS. Four schools are losing Title I money, academics are in the dumpster, the education money is being (in my opinion) squandered. Once a public school district gets a bad rep, it goes down fast and becomes a cycle. What you don't want to have happen is private schools stepping in to fill the void. Public school becomes the place kids go when they can't afford private. Once that happens, public and politician support for public schools diminishes and it becomes a cycle of bad-to-worse.

[Anonymous]

Break up MCPS into 4 or 5 separate regional school systems. It's the only answer. MCPS is simply too big.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Break up MCPS into 4 or 5 separate regional school systems. It's the only answer. MCPS is simply too big.

That would not be possible. Yes, we get you want your rich school to get more money and have more.

[Anonymous]

If they choose a capable replacement. The county executive has not demonstrated this ability yet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they choose a capable replacement. The county executive has not demonstrated this ability yet

The county executive does not choose the superintendent of MCPS….

[Anonymous]

Title 1 schools are constantly evaluated, every year, so adding and subtracting generally happens. It's not a sign of the End Times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing. My friends in FCPS would probably disagree with you. The issues are all over, not limited to MCPS.

Agree the issues are all over. Politics and No Child Left Behind may have had good intentions, but teaching to the test became a thing, not to mention no autonomy for teachers, and the massive loss of respect by parents (worsened during the pandemic), low pay, long hours and so much that teachers have to do that isn't teaching. Add in public money being stripped from publics to send kids to privates in some states, and it's a perfect storm.

Public education is in a world of trouble

+1

These are issues around the country, not just MCPS.