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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is a radical thought..maybe MCPS should learn how to actually teach students?

We're in one of the W schools. Our principal is known for never allowing early entrance and actively encourages red shirting for kids with spring birthdays. Its pretty clear that her mission is to make sure she is being evaluated based on test scores from kids who knew the material 1-2 years before anyone at MCPS ever presented it. The performance at the W schools is in spite of the curriculum not due to it. 
You have teachers who rarely if ever need to teach kids who don't already know what they are teaching.

The higher performers in the W are a reflection of the parents teaching the kids at home and all the enrichment/extra curricular activities they engage in. Busing underachieving students who don't have these advantages is only going to make it worse for them. Their friends' parents aren't going to pay for Kumon for them. The playing field isn't level at all for them and they will end up with teachers who don't know what to do with them.

If MCPS wants to close the gap (not just hide it) then they need to match what the high achievers are getting outside of MCPS for the underachievers. They'll need to throw out the stupid Pearson curriculum and create something that includes reward incentives, personal growth plans, and involves significant one on one feedback. [/quote]

Yes, the county needs to raise, feed, parent, coach, entertain, and teach these at-risk students![/quote]

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