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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a study a while back about how the order in which MCPS decided to renovate schools lacked any kind of transparency or clear criteria.

[b]We also know rich schools have more experienced teachers. [/b]Less experienced teachers serve the highest need students.

Make no mistake, MCPS talks a big game about equity but they cave a lot to the squeakiest wheels which are wealthy white parents.

As far as sports go you have to understand that you have the wealthy schools which as others have said have booster clubs but also have kids coming in who have been playing since preschool. Kids in other parts of the county do not have the same opportunities to play sports before high school so those teams end up playing against kids with vastly more experience, which is not fun.[/quote]
Don't mistake more experienced teachers for "better" teachers. There is low turnover of staffing at higher income schools because teaching is easier there. Students have less academic and socio-emotional challenges and families will simply supplement with tutoring if their kid needs help. Teachers generally won't be terrible, because that would draw parent attention. But they also don't really have to be great.

The bigger equity issue is brand new teachers in low income schools without adequate support. It's really hard the first few years of teaching, and if that is compounded with a school that has a lot of challenges, new teachers struggle. They will leave for a better school at the first opportunity. State law has recently changed to incentivize more experienced teachers teaching at higher need schools to try to address this problem.[/quote]

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