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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I don't know if you can find anyone worse. People hated Weast, but at least he had a vision - especially when it boiled down to professional development. [b]And while Weast labeled low performing schools as red zone schools, he did acknowledge there was a disparity among area schools. [/b]

Starr has nothing to his name. He tried to highlight social-emotional learning, but no one - aside from school psychologists - really understands the research behind it and how it can be applied to instructional practices.  [/quote]

This. You can't solve a problem if you keep trying to hide that you have it. The whole 2.0 and everyone is a P disaster is all about hiding the achievement gap rather than solving it. Bussing kids around isn't going to make any difference either. It will just divert funds to buses not actually teaching students.

If MCPS wants to solve the achievement gap, it needs to stop passing the buck until its too late. This starts in ES with giving actual assessments and tests to identify early on when students are failing. It means giving after school tutoring programs and rewarding students for improvement. It means giving kids back their tests and exams and requiring every kids that scored below a certain percentage to attend tutoring, correct their mistakes and take a make up until they pass. [/quote]

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