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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have yet to understand why the BOE and Superintendent haven’t used this time to TRULY reimagine education for the county and region.  [b]For instance, we know more time In school would be better. We know this from data of our own innovative schools and schools in other parts of the world.  Yet instead of just reimagining the school day for entire county we are opening only two new innovative schools.  Just change the school calendar and be done with it.[/b]  Will folks get mad, yes.  Will they get over it, yes.  Will businesses and industries adjust, yes.

We know kids need more time outdoors and playing(especially post pandemic) yet don’t incorporate enough real world outdoor science in ES/MS.  Nor do we host enough PE classes outdoors enough in ES.  Any day that the temp is above freezing, you should drive past schools and see kids outside for PE and recess.  Recess should be a period of the school day, not some random 15 minutes in the school day.

RJ has a place, but folks need to be fully trained to implement and facilitate.  Further, RJ does not mean no consequences.  It means finding alternative consequences that just suspending and expelling students.  It’s means finding ways to instill lessons and grow kids mindset to make better decisions.  It means creating empathy in the perpetrator of a wrong such that they understand the victims POV and understand how their actions affect others and others impression of them.

Want to create community, engagement, improve outcomes, then create meaningful after school programs and hire for them.  Heck create an office in Central Office just for this.  Working parents would love it as it reduces childcare cost and all students could benefit.  Teachers would not be required to run these programs unless they want to participate and then would be paid just like anyone else.  Sports, Science, Art, Leadership, homework help/tutoring could all be achieved.

MCPS needs to be clearly articulating to Teacher Education Programs the necessary skills to teach for the 21st century.  Students in these programs need to be learning now Science of Reading, Restorative Justice.  If teachers need to be able to assist dyslexia students then OG knowledge and experience should be noted as a preferred skill.  If data analysis is important, then students obviously need some quantitative and statistical analysis classes.  Part of the problem is that while teaching is difficult, obtaining an Education degree is not.  A good number of the classes and skills offered in Masters of Education programs need to become standard for the Bachelor’s level.

Superintendents need to start announcing some bold initiatives about revamping US education and pushing them forward.  Some of the needed things are even bold ideas they just require fortitude against naysayers.

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NO WAY

Right now, MCPS is a disaster.  I do not want my kid to endure even MORE time in school.  We don’t even have enough staff to staff the school calendar as it is.  Adding in more days to all school will make this worse.

Hard NO to year-round school right now. Okay teachers and parents will fiercely oppose this.  [/quote]

Teachers might be surprised how much better it is to get more breaks throughout the year.  And there are plenty of ways to create a modified year round schedule that wouldn’t result in more days.[/quote]

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