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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All you need is 1 disruptive kid or behind kid in your "high caliber class" and that is the time sink. Too much pressure to test well and get everyone to same level.

The only thing worse than public school is a massive county-run public school. [/quote]

OK, let's get rid of the public school system! No more public schools. And then what?[/quote]

put an aide in the classrooms. that's how DCPS and private schools handle it. and lower max caps on # of kids per class. 
so much more effective to teach over 22 kids of different abilities when there are two teachers, not one. the rotating centers structure doesn't cut it, never will. [/quote]

DCPS isn't nearly the size of MCPS and you are also allowed to fund for your own aides, which many schools do.  You are not allowed to do that in MCPS[/quote]

And DC is a shining example of success in closing the gap?  
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You don't get it. MCPS isn't teaching its bottom students well nor its top students well. It's whack a model at the former and it's parents doing the teaching at the latter.

This  gap obsession has literally DICTATED the whole shitty C2.0, CEO/magnet selection processes, number of adults in ES classrooms, and funds per ES, MS and HS. It's so cart before the horse for 10 years here at MCPS.

I care that my kid isn't being taught effectively or to her abilities. I don't care about her standardized test scores used to judge the school. I care that she is growing her mind, learning new things in a comprehensive manner, engaged at school, trying new extracurriculars to find her passions, and being academically challenged as much as possible. [/quote]

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