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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]P.S. The real problems now in English are in H.S. That's by far the weakest link. They are reading books in the 9th grade MCPS-written "honors" curriculum that are part of the 4th grade CKLA curriculum.[/quote]

Part of the reason for this is because those "stronger" links are auto-promoting kids up to HS despite them not being able to fully grasp the concepts of an age appropriate HS level.  If we didn't teach below grade level in 9th grade the retention rate for HS freshmen would be staggering and unacceptable.

I would love to be able to teach a more rigorous and appropriate curriculum in 9th grade but I also don't want to send 60% of my students to summer school their first year because that is how you create HS drop outs.[/quote]

So it's better to keep teaching below grade-level standards up and through graduation? Who does that serve? Not the kids who graduate without the basic skills a public education is supposed to afford them.[/quote]

I feel it is better to use Freshman year as an adjustment period to prepare them for a more rigorous and grade appropriate curriculum in 10th-12th grades.  Freshman year is the first time most if not all of these students will face real academic consequences and it doesn't seem right to throw them into the deep end and hope they can stay afloat.  If you make these kids hate high school from the get-go then you have potentially lost them and likely won't get them back.[/quote]

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