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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point is that MCPS "school A" does not necessarily equal MCPS "school B".  There are variations across the board, not just in terms of SES and racial makeup, but in terms of how the curriculum is implemented and decisions that principals and administrators make at the local level.  Don't be misguided in your assumption that because they are all MCPS schools that they are all the same.[/quote]

Can anyone elaborate on this "how the curriculum is implemented" difference? Like specifically how the curriculum is implemented differently? Because I hear people make judgments all the time about which school is better, and I never hear them say it's because school A has differentiated reading groups, etc. They talk about test scores, National Merit finalists, who goes to what colleges, etc.[/quote]

I went to a meeting recently where representatives from the MCPS AEI group (Accelerated and Enriched Instruction) were discussing opportunities for accelerated/enriched instruction in ES.  They talked a lot about the William & Mary and Jacobs ladder programs which were "available" in all MCPS elementary schools, however, they acknowledged that not all schools were fully implenting these programs.  If you felt your child needed this, you would need to advocate on behalf of your child.  A woman at my table, who lived in the Kensington area said that her ES was using the William & Mary program in her child's language arts class.  Not the same for my child in Rockville.[/quote]

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