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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It never had an edge.  They need to get back to basics.[/quote]
It did in the 60s and 70s.  [/quote]

Homogeneous population.[/quote]

Yes. The article could have had more discussion of this context. The FARMS rates have risen dramatically over the years.[/quote]

We definitely know that by now.  Changing demographics in the county over the past decade have had a major effect on the school system.

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The FARMS rate at Walt Whitman high school is less than 5%. The article describes absenteeism,  tardies, grade inflation, and low standards there too. Same at Wootton. Demographics obviously are a part of the problem but it's bigger than just having a lot more poor kids who don't speak English at home[/b].[/quote]

Correct. And this is the point and the part that MCPS leaders REFUSE to engage with, as they spin up only the most sympathy-inducing narratives of struggling kids as the reason for the system's decline in academic performance.

This is particularly onerous with chronic absenteeism, where yes, there are a portion of students who are absent and missing school due to genuine financial and domestic hardships, but there is also a significant portion of students who skip because they can and there are no consequences. And they've admitted and said as much in public via student newspapers and to MCPS when surveyed and asked.[/quote]

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