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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is an MCPS kid who did well in SAT...no enrichment except the free collegeboard exams (8 official ones) and Khan academy. This is the resource that is available to all students around the world. Every kid has the same 24 hours in their day. Some study and some don't.

Of course there are other privileges that my kid has -  comes from a functional household, eats home-cooked meals, was not left to CIO as a baby, has the COVID and flu vaccination, does not mind wearing a mask, no abuse/addiction/adultry in the household and most importantly he has caring adults in his life who give a damn.   Very hard for MCPS to replicate all that. The inequity is immense. The achievement gap is wider than the Grand Canyon. [/quote]

Can't really legislate other people's lives, but at least we can see that those gifted children from less affluent areas get a fair shot at these programs too.[/quote]

And that is exactly what MCPS and Montgomery County have been doing for at least a decade.

My kids are at a Title 1 school and I see the resources that we put into lower income families.  We feed kids free breakfast and lunch (and now dinner, but that is due to Covid).  The kids get free healthcare.  Free tutoring services.  Saturday School is an option, for those who are interested.  We supply free school supplies and free backpacks.  Free Chromebooks and Wi-Fi for the kids to use.  Vouchers for aftercare, if needed.  And scholarships for kids to participate in any after school activities they need money for.

It’s actually pretty impressive how much this County does for our kids.

Apparently, it’s still not enough, because the Achievement Gap continues to widen.

Isn’t it worth examining why that is?  What exactly is still missing?

Instead, MCPS has decided to just throw some more ‘underserved’ kids into the Magnet Programs and can now highlight that in its press releases as a ‘success’.  [/quote]

Demonizing Asians is way easier that measuring, evaluating and solving achievement gap problems. [/quote]

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