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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS does not call everything Honors now and yes there are plenty of in level classes and plenty of kids talking them (Despite what DCUM will tell you). The only place where this is absolutely a problem is English (MS and Grade 9/10). Choosing an advance SS, Science or Math is a different experience.[/quote]

What percentage of MCPS high schools do not opt into the Honors-for-All model that is dominant in the DCC and NEC?[/quote]

Many of the posted documents on school sites still show on-level classes being offered, but in reality they will only offer the Honors class. With the exception of math, which as others have said, still often has on-level options.[/quote]

So in other words, the PP who is attempting to act like Honors-for-All isn't pervasive throughout MCPS high schools, is attempting to obfuscate and gaslight. [/quote]

Not gaslighting.  [b]There are plenty of  science, math, and social studies classes not labeled honors or AP/IB thus they are on-level.[/b]  Just because DCUM is saying only honors classes are offered and everything below that is remedial doesn’t make it so.[/quote]

They may show up in the course listings but do you know if there is anyone currently enrolled in them? At our HS, only honors English, science and social studies classes are available, in terms of the main graduation pathway classes. There are on-level electives of course, and there are some on-level math classes.[/quote]

Courses are offered based on who signs up for them.  So yes, there are on grade level classes offered AND people in them.  I even had the experience one year of them combining an OnLevel and Honors Bio class where the teacher then proceeded to give different quizzes/test and more extensive homework to the students registered for Honors vs Regular. That I pretty upset about because clearly you’re not teaching and doing labs everyday at the Honors level.

[b]If your school is not offering any on level classes except for electives, then yes you have an Honors for All model which needs to be discussed with Administration because that is a disservice for many.[/b][/quote]

But the honors for all model is now the rule rather than the exception. [/quote]

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