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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP, it's not quite fair to say the only thing you could do to help kids in poverty is give them new parents. I thought the research was pretty clear on the benefits of putting disadvantaged kids in smaller classes, and in schools not completely full of other disadvantaged kids. [/quote]

Yes. Despite what the PP said, throwing money and resources at the problem actually can work.[/quote]

But that's what MCPS has been doing till date, and it has not worked.

If money needs to be thrown ...then throw the money at the problem (if you have the money!).  You have Title 1 ES schools - model MS and HS like these schools too.

But I have serious objection to MCPS lowering standards to improve their own report cards.  I have objections to not improving the abilities of individual low performing students within a school but instead of thinking of ways to changes the population of that school -- so the school report card looks good.

BTW - Overcrowding in the classrooms happen in schools that are performing well, not in poor performing schools or Title 1 schools.  What else can MCPS do to raise the score of individual students (and do that by not lowering standards but actually instructing them well) ?

It is laughable that MCPS talks about closing the achievement gap ... but all it seeks to do is lower the standards by which these students will be measured.  HS students failing in Math final exams are a result of such smoke and mirror practices that MCPS administrators undertake to justify their budgets.

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