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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always laugh at the “parents should be responsible and accountable but MCPS shouldn’t be” crowd. They can’t see the blatant hypocrisy in their argument as they ferociously fight to argue that schools are under no obligation to thoroughly and effectively educate the students they purport to serve. Even though that mission is their entire reason for existing in the first grade place.[/quote]

Where did anyone say that?  Where did anyone say MCPS shouldn’t improve?  We said that parents aren’t removed from teaching the basic skill of reading.  If your kid doesn’t know how to color when they enter K, MCPS will help them learn this skill or at least try. But, it doesn’t mean that I’m not side eyeing you wondering why you never put a crayon in their hand and taught them to use it.  Similarly, if your kid gets to K not knowing the letter sounds, MCPS will teach them to your kid.  But, again it why didn’t you.[/quote]

You or other posters are arguing that parents should bear the primary responsibility to teach their kids to read.  No one is saying parents should be removed entirely, but there's a lot of space between support and being the primary teacher.  I view support as reading to your kids, helping them with homework as needed (if they're assigned any), and having them read books/passages commiserate with their level to you.[/quote]

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