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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to put this out there. I see people referring to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase district or the Rockville district, etc. But with the exception of the magnet schools, the curriculum is the same across the county, from K to 12. The teachers are very good across the county. The only difference among schools is who your kid is sitting next to in class. People on this board look at the average scores of the kids in the school and then tend to consider a school "good" if that kid sitting next to your kid is relatively wealthy and usually white or asian. They tend to consider a school "bad" if that kid is relatively less wealthy and usually hispanic or black. But Montgomery County schools are among the best in the nation, whoever is sitting next to your kid. We have great teachers and lots of resources. If you are looking for a place to live, please don't believe the scare tactics. These are all good schools.[/quote]

The curriculum is not implemented the same way from school to school.  This was pointed out in Star's transition report.  There is wide variability in the calibur, organization, and implementation of instruction as well as the rigor from school to school.  For example, some schools re-group into homogeneous ability leveled classrooms for math (in ES) while other's do not.  Some schools fully implement the William & Mary and Jacobs ladder curriculum in Language Arts (which MCPS says is available to all); however some schools do not.  These are just two examples, but there are plenty more.  The schools are not interchangeable, and for that matter the classrooms within a particular school can vary widely too.  You are kidding yourself and drinking the Kool-aid if you think it is all the same.[/quote]

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