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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Article from WSJ today. Too bad for the schools doing this,

https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-increase-equity-school-districts-eliminate-honors-classes-d5985dee[/quote]

Instead of eliminating honors which is the national trend, MCPS is doing the opposite and raising the bar by requiring honors for all. [/quote]

Except they're not raising the bar. They're diluting the rigor in the name of honors for all.[/quote]

Is there any evidence to this effect or is it just your assumption?[/quote]
DP.. have you looked at the scores of certain segments of the MCPS student population? A lot of  those kids are in "honors" classes because a lot of the HS no longer have on track classes.

There is so much grade inflation,  50% rule, retake of exams, it's hard not to get bad grades, but still, some do. [/quote]

The 50% rule is hardly a concern. I'm fine with it because some kid might get a C- instead of D+. I'm also fine with retakes since the point is learning, not punishment. In the end, if students learn more then MCPS is doing its job well. Further, none of this has anything to do with [b]expecting all students to meet a higher standard by offering honors for all.
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This. I don't see any problems with expecting all students to meet a higher standard, especially English, the national language of the country. [/quote]

There is no national language in the United States. Just FYI.[/quote]
There is no OFFICIAL language but English is the language spoken nationally. [/quote]

Omg, shut up.  The language of use for everything of importance in the United States is English, period. We do not need national policy to state the obvious. Education needs to use one standard language for everything, which is English for good reason.

Whether you like it or not, English is the de facto standard for alllllll STEM.  Even the Chinese publish their best research in English, because English is the most important language for the science and mathematics.  The vast majority of the Internet is written in English. English absolutely 100000% should be the only language in which kids are taught in schools, for good reason.

When you have a whole bunch of students in 'honors' classes who do not have fluent ability in English, it is a tremendous drag. [/quote]

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