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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poster 19:54, how long does it take for change? To get students who need enriched and acceleration to receive it in their home school if they are not selected for a CES or don't want to attend if selected?[/quote]

There are several things that would be effective.

1) Parents should engage with their schools to advocate that the mre challenging work be selected. For example, in the English 9 curriculum being discussed in another thread, in Q1 there is one on-grade novel included (A Separate Peace). The other two are below grade level, and one is for struggling readers (the middle-grade graphic novel The Magic Fish). Schools have the discretion to choose any, so posters could work with their schools to advocate for the more challenging material to be selected. Successful work this year could enable positive change next year.

2) Parents should put pressure at the central office/BOE level for change to ensure that work is, at a minimum, on-grade level. Ideally this would mean that MCPS adopts an external curriculum that has been vetted. There are options that are publicly available and low cost, so this can be done with a relatively low budget. If MCPS insists on using its own materials, central office needs to update what they offer to be on-grade level. Novels that are below grade-level should be removed from the curriculum; honors sections should be required to use the most challenging texts.

MCCPTA has been doing work on this, but it is of limited effectiveness because the BOE, central office, and schools aren't hearing from parents that change is needed. They need to hear from parents--LOTS of them--to effect change.[/quote]

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