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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I don't know that it was isolated or secret. At Kennedy, the Honors for All movement was spearheaded by Michael Williams, the social studies lead, and he was widely applauded and recognized for it. He was even named MCPS Teacher of the year for it.

I'm not sure if the current iteration of Honors for All matches Williams' intent, but it was definitely an approach that was endorsed by the previous superintendent.

This article details from 2019 some of the issues and the context: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/hon...9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html[/quote]

Thanks for this article. A couple of things strike me:

Even back in 2019, parents were upset about a lack of transparency or attempt at building an evidence base. The entire premise seemed to be "vibes." The lack of ELLs in honors classes was causing bad vibes, so on-level classes were ended.

But back when this article was written, there seemed to be no appetite for CO to dictate to schools on this topic. Schools were allowed to make this choice individually. That's different than the current superintendent, who has made an edict that schools must follow. You have administrators openly talking about how this approach is bad for their specific learning environments, but McKnight does not care because her eye is already (and always) on the next thing. [/quote]

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