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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being announced today by the council. How wil it impact  schools? Sounds like they want [b]equality [/b]if outcome really badly [/quote]

It's about equity - not equality. There is a fundamental difference.

It's not about lowering standards, watering anything down, or whatever other euphemisms you'd like to use. It's about meeting kids where they are and ensuring everyone is supported and successful. [/quote]

Except that’s not really what MCPD wants to do.

If they really wanted to ‘meet kids where they are’, there would be more focus on demonstrating improvement for kids of ALL races and ALL abilities.

Instead, MCPS has made it clear that it wants to focus on the Achievement Gap and making sure certain groups of students perform ‘better’.

[b]MCPS doesn’t care about everyone being supported.  If it really wanted to create a better learning environment for ALL students, it wouldn’t be supporting these useless Restorative Justice initiatives and would implement a true disciplinary policy that ensures kids who violate behavioral policies were actually given negative consequences.  [/quote][/b]

This. I understand the desire to lower suspension rates, particularly as suspension and expulsion are disproportionately levied against kids of color. However, they have introduced these asinine practices with no training or support for school staff. Basically, they took away one tool (suspension) but never actually replaced it with anything. So now instead of having one kid acting out, and having their education disrupted by suspension, you have one kid acting out and disrupting the educations of the entire class, in perpetuity. [/quote]

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