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Yep.  My only hope is that the "study" and fallout takes a few years so my kids are out of MCPS before [b]he cuts out all magnets[/b].[/quote]

Starr could do this, if he wanted to, if his job were Omnipotent Dictator of Montgomery County Public Schools.

However, in actuality, his job is Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, and he couldn't do it, even if he wanted to.[/quote]

Why do you say that? I remember reading a ton of warning cries on the GT list serv ten years ago. I think that list serv may even be defunct by now (I'd like to find it again if it's not). Anyway, I think there is a general climate of anti-intellectualism in the schools.  They really don't seem to think that their job is to encourage every child to do his or her best. Instead, it's teach to the standard. Done. Move on.  And I don't blame the teachers entirely - the curriculum is a mess and the demands put on the teachers are ridiculous.

However, it is also true that the talent pool available to teaching has changed dramatically. While many talented, bright women became public school teachers forty years ago, by the 80s, young women with similar backgrounds began pursuing the law, medicine, etc, as well as teaching. In fact, in my graduating class, it was the "so-so" students who became education majors, not the academic stars.  Ironically, the private schools are full of former lawyers and other professionals who now are teaching.  That's another reason I say the privates are more similar to the publics of yesterday.  [/quote]

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