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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that a lot of these decisions are made by availability of teachers. NoVA CC changed their rules recently so that the DE teachers must have a Masters degree in the subject they're teaching. If the school does not have such a resource, they likely cannot have a DE course offering in the subject (for instance, DD's math teacher has an engineering degree; it would not suffice for teaching a DE Calc course, although she is qualified to teach the AP Calc course).[/quote]

Wow. my kid is a freshman and just getting rolling but this is all confusing. That's so unfortunate and lucky for others whether or not you school has the teachers with the credentials to provide these DE classes. I said unlucky...but high school shouldn't be based on luck. I think FCPS needs to do SOMETHING (not sure what) to provide opportunities to everyone. Every student should have the same opportunities.[/quote]

You can enroll in a class at your community college or take the class online. FCPS cannot mandate that all teachers have masters degrees so that is not going to happen. It is no different then kids who want to take a language that is not offered at their school, they take it onlne if they want to take it that badly. It is not ideal but they cannot have identical class offerings across the county because different schools have different needs. [/quote]

I certainly understand that, but what I'm learning is that the differences in what different high schools could offer could be quite extensive. Such as 7 DEs vs 2 DEs, etc. No offense to the language people but, if a kid WANTS to take Russian and the school doesn't offer it, that doesn't concern me anywhere nearly as much as the DE, AP issues. But I can't imagine a practical solution except to remove DEs from HSs and just let kids take them at community colleges online if they want. I'm not saying that is a good solution but it levels the playing field a little.[/quote]

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