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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like admin is concerned about the huge number of below grade level students and some are trying to solve this problem by micromanaging.

Of course no one likes to be judged by someone who is ignorant of the difficult dynamic that exists in some classrooms. For example, some students really do not belong in the same classroom as neurotypical students—it is very disruptive to learning (and raising test scores) and not fair for anybody.

Admin would do better fixing structural problems like these than to annoy staff with unhelpful advice.[/quote]

Exactly this. Not everyone needs to be in "advanced" whatever. Put students with similar-level skill-set, and teach to differentiated medians. Right now, you have 1/3 kids bored out of their minds (and possibly being disruptive), 1/3 struggling because they never understood the basics, and 1/3 are actually getting what they need. And of course the kids with LD who shouldn't be there at all, but are forced to be there in the name of equity and inclusion.

I volunteer in my (middle schooler's) math class and I swear to G-D the teacher spends 20 mins out of 45 in classroom management. Then of the other remaining 25 mins she spends half reviewing basic concepts that the kids really should know (but they don't because 1) everyone is cohorted to 'advanced'; 2) mcps is allergic to memorizing math facts). I feel so terrible for her.  And she's a good teacher (with currently 3 parent volunteers in the roster who are an engineer, mathematician, and computer programmer). We are a low FARMs school with good test scores. If it's this hard for us, I don't know how under-resourced areas without involved parents are even treading water. [/quote]

Which MCPS middle school allows regular parent volunteers for instruction in a math class? [/quote]

Um...almost every single one? Why do you keep posting when you're soooo woefully uniformed on EVERY. SINGLE. POINT.[/quote]

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