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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 5th grader just started RSM because even with compacted math, she was bored. There are so many kids in her MCPS 5/6 class that the teacher can’t differentiate for more advanced learners. We haven’t done any outside enrichment before, but right now RSM is great. It has one-fifth of the kids in the 5/6 math and expects much more from them. [/quote]

This is why the achievement gap will become wider and wider[/quote]

If schools aren’t teaching kids, then parents have to go somewhere else. [b]Trying to close the achievement gap at school by watering down the curriculum is the dumbest thing ever. [/b]Gifted kids getting bored at schools aren’t serving anyone good.[/quote]

Of course that’s true.  But it is exactly what MCPS has been doing the past few years.

I guess it’s much easier to lower the ceiling than raise the floor.

There are only so many resources to go around.  There is only so much money to go around.  Not much incentive to support students who are already meeting or exceeding expectations.  [/quote]

Only 3 billion a year to go around…
Only 1.6 operating a year to go around…
90% on pensions, healthcare and salaries…[/quote]
160K students, 25K employees. It's a large operation.[/quote]

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