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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good discussion going on the local sub reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/comments/102jg8a/parents_of_mcps_students_do_you_guys_have_a/

MCPS sound like an absolute disaster.  Zero accountability. Zero standards. Rapid decline of quality.  How long until people with money stop moving to this county to flee all of the progressivism ruining the schools and county?  The only reason property values maintained value in MoCo was always because of the schools.  The discussion going on now with messages from insiders is truly shocking.  MoCo looks like it is in rapid decline and once the schools go, what reason will there be to stay?[/quote]

So completely and thoroughly f'ed up. MCPS's been in rapid decline for many years. But if you say anything, then you are a racist. God help us.  [/quote]

LOL, I love these crocodile tears. There is ABSOLUTELY NO DECLINE. What has changed are the demographics of the county. You may have noticed. This means some things are different, but you can get a better education today than in the past.[/quote]

The options here are move to someplace with great quality schools, go private / parochial or home school. I remember posting the same thing 10 years ago.

It's not demographics.  Its the curriculum, teaching style and no homework... all things we had prior to the decline.[/quote]

my kindergartener and 1st grader have homework (I don't agree with HW at this age) as do older kids we are friends with at a few different schools.  This no HW thing is a myth[/quote]

[b]My 4th grader has "optional" homework, which is the same as no homework, because homework that isn't checked or evaluated or required isn't getting done.[/b]

My high schoolers do get homework though. Although not nearly as much as I used to get when I was their age...[/quote]

Have you tried parenting?[/quote]

:roll: The poster clearly sees a problem with the MCPS No Homework in elementary school as a problem. This started about 13 years ago in MCPS and was the dumb idea of Central Office administrators. Parents have an uphill battle when teachers give a mixed message that homework is optional. But sure - blame parents if their children don’t do homework that the teacher doesn’t grade, review mistakes, or hold them accountable for.[/quote]
The part that is shocking to me is that they don’t provide any feedback. It was my experience that when homework was graded it was just marked off for wrong answers but there was not explanation of why they got it wrong. How does learning happen without feedback? [/quote][/quote]

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