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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve got three kids in McPS that have been at 5 different schools over 13 years.  I think McPS has generally done a great job although there’s some unevenness and I wish the English curriculum was different.  My kids always score high proficient or whatever the thing above that is.  
But I also recognize we are upper income educated parents who speak English as our first language.  For the most part, I think McPS is doing pretty well with kids like ours.  But there are a ton of low income and ESL families in McPS and I’m not surprised they aren’t reaching proficiency.  
I also think the tests aren’t well designed so they overstate the problem a bit.  My kids are really top students so the fact that they don’t always get the top category suggests to me that the test is not fully recognizing their level off proficiency.  [/quote]

Read about the opportunity myth. Most MCPS students are fulfilling the expectations of their classes. The problem is the standards are so low that fulfilling those expectations and getting good grades doesn’t prepare them for college or beyond.

And it isn’t just the poor kids who aren’t getting good instruction. So you can’t just sit there feeling good that your white kids are fine.

Read the article in Bethesda Magazine. It talks about how most kids at schools at ALL socioeconomic levels aren’t getting rigorous enough work.[/quote]

BS I had six children leave MCPS and head to either Ivies or places like MIT . Every single one called at sometime in their four years to say Thank You for sending us to MCPS.

My youngest had a hard time learning to read and write . Freshman year at GA tech he calls and says omg mom no one here can write a paper or speak coherently in front of a freshman English class.

Spare us your stupidity MCPS is large and diverse they do a great job given how hard it is to teach.

BOE about to elect a Libsoftictok supporter worry about that! [/quote]

Ah, yes. The Hopkins audit was wrong. The Bethesda Magazine article is wrong.

Only you and your precious children are right.

I call BS on any kid calling and saying “thanks mom for sending me to my districted public school!!”

You might also want to learn how to use punctuation. [/quote]

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