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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are right it does show strong cohorts. It ALSO SHOWS that magnet quality has gone down and the Curriculum is in actuality being “watered down.”[/quote]

I have read some version of this in various threads and feel the need to respond. You have no idea what is going on in these magnet programs. If you could see the breadth and depth of the curriculum, the creativity of the assignments, the rigor and challenge that stretch both understanding and knowledge, it would take your breath away. It's night and day compared to what's offered at a local MS. It makes a CTY class feel both inadequate and trivial. DC's critical thinking and writing has improved by leaps and bounds at Eastern. I assume a similar story is unfolding at TPMS.

This is the kind of education ALL of our kids deserve. We should be pushing MCPS to replicate this program in all middle schools. [/quote]

This is kind of fiction. I have two children in back to back grades with one going to a magnet and one who turned down the same magnet to stay at the local school. Their experiences are not that different other than the magnet child having more homework, but it may depend on the middle school. [b]The regular MS is very high performing, and many teachers are excellent.[/b] [/quote]

That is why you don’t understand. Please try to imagine it isn’t fiction if it doesn’t specifically apply to you and your child. There are many middle schools in the county that do not provide meaningful enrichment.[/quote]

Your post was over the top exaggerated: "If you could see the breadth and depth of the curriculum, the creativity of the assignments, the rigor and challenge that stretch both understanding and knowledge, it would take your breath away. It's night and day compared to what's offered at a local MS. It makes a CTY class feel both inadequate and trivial."

If your child is in a low performing middle school I'm sure the magnets will look terrific, but so would Frost, Hoover, SSI, Pyle,[/quote]

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