MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't our current MD State Superintendent come from MS, specifically because of the reading improvements that happened while she was there?

Yes, Carey Wright. This is the main reason she was brought to Maryland last year. The new state reading policies are similar (though not exactly the same) as what she implemented in Mississippi. The 3rd grade hold back in Maryland allows for a parental waiver, for example, where in Mississippi there was no opt out. That goes into effect starting in 2027.

Also, the federally-funded lab that she tapped to oversee the program in Mississippi (primarily with literacy coaches who were experts in their field) was recently cut by the Trump administration, so I wonder how that will impact her effectiveness. She still looks promising, all things considered.

She wasn't brought to Maryland. She is from Maryland. She worked in MCPS. She took her MCPS boyfriend with her when she went to Mississippi and got in trouble for hiring him under the table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So MCPS isn’t teaching decoding and language comprehension in the early grades?

I don’t know....my kid was new here in middle school.

They just changed to it last year.

No they had RGR in 2022 and added CKLA skills last year but both have a major phonics component and both based in SOR.