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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]very well said 00:13.[/quote]

I agree with the "Challenge every child" campaign.   I think at the end of the day most people don't care how it's done, only that it is being done.  I've always thought if there was sort of assessment to show your child is being challenged and is growing each year, and equally as important accountability by MCPS to have some sort of recourse if that isn't happening, it would go a long way towards calming parents and making sure children got what they needed.  Right now from what I've been reading it seems teacher dependent (does the teacher go out of his/her way for kids meeting benchmarks when there is a critical mass of kids needing extra help to meet benchmarks), peer dependent (are there enough kids at the same level as your child so the teacher wouldn't be going so outside the norm for the class to make sure the work is challenging), and principal dependent (how has your principal interpreted 2.0 in regards to allowing acceleration and do they allow ability grouping or not).  The transition report by the Superintendent highlighted inconsistency within schools as well as among schools as one of the big challenges in MCPS.

IMO, not really having a clear system assessment that the work is at the right level of challenge, a defined system of accountability and defined recourse (other than moving or private school), has contributed to the zero sum game mentality.  Every magnet school spot has how many qualified people that didn't get a spot? People are debating labels, resources going to home school versus resources going to HGC
ability grouping versus differentiating in same classroom etc.  Sometimes I feel like we, parents in MCPS, are focusing on the wrong questions.  At the end of the day, the challenging work for the child and the hands-on enrichment seem to be what most parents want yet it seems so elusive that we will get to the point that no matter what school or teacher your child has, they will get those things.[/quote]

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