Reply to Latin as a world language?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Latin as a world language?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a data point, my son is a rising 10th grader at Wootton and takes Latin. He tells me that his teacher covers multiple high schools and that it was announced that Latin is being phased out at Wootton. Supposedly the program will be supported for the next few years as students age out but no new students.

I guess this is equity at work? Though I am willing to accept that the demand/appreciation of Latin and classical education is in decline.[/quote]

I think some folks like to blame "equity" for everything, but in this case I think it's just supply/demand and teacher shortage. MCPS has been fine with offering disparate options in terms of WL, and they have not pulled back on Japanese or Russian at highly segregated schools.

Latin is not in demand at the HS level, teachers are hard to come by, and sometimes it's okay to shift resources from an under-subscribed course to an over-subscribed one. [/quote]

I just think it stands to reason that every school should have a common curriculum, with identical offerings, with the exception of stand-alone programs for special education and magnets, since these are open to out-of-cluster students, and buses are offered, which makes them accessible to the wider student body.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics