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[quote=Anonymous]To me the problem isn’t the curriculum per se it’s the expectations and how we support.  For example, if a kid isn’t doing well on Of Mice and Men we shouldn’t be changing the book to something lower, we should be providing things like vocabulary,  explaining key points, breaking down passages, etc. We should be investigating what key early skills kids are missing and be sure those get caught up and also checking in on those earlier level to see why they are being missed. Is every kid going to do the work? No.  That’s why outside counselors ans failing grades exist.

We have to stop acting like every kid is going to be fully engaged in every course and then expect teachers to find a way to make it so.

I do agree with MCPS that content knowledge of teachers does matter.  Those teachers that I’ve seen have a deeper content expertise and true love of a subject do a lot better teaching it than some I’ve seen who merely have the capability and credentials to teach something.[/quote]

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