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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What makes sense in a diverse school system is indeed to have peer cohorts. This is how high schools are organized (on level, honors and AP tracks in most subjects) and parents are generally happy with MCPS high schools. 
Yes many parents have been asking for MCPS to have a truly advanced track for the top 15% of students who are not currently being challenged enough in elementary and middle schools. What MCPS is doing by introducing Magnet lite humanities and mathematics classes in several middle schools is to be lauded. The problem is the way they selected kids for the Magnet programs and for these enriched classes. If you have a large group of kids who are in the 99th percentile in a middle school you send them to the most advanced and enriched program possible- the Magnet. You don’t consign them to a stand alone class which is more appropriate for the top 15-20% of kids.[/quote]

The logical challenge here, though, is that the 98th and 99th percentiles nationally ARE the top 15% in MCPS. There are genuinely [b]not enough magnet sets for the 99th percenters,[/b] given the base level of education and prepping in the region. [/quote]

This is a big problem for MCPS, they are underserving this population and it is a significantly sized population. Tweaking 1 or 2 classes of their 8 daily classes is a joke. MCPS needs to comp versus other large and small, public and private school districts ASAP to see how others optimally teach their high performing students in grades 2-8. There are so many more better models than the nothing we have now, and the 1 or 2 class thing they are slowing testing out. [/quote]

Based on their actions, I think it's safe to assume this will be addressed more comprehensively within the year as well as the curriculum issues.[/quote]

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