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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the best thing about VA schools is the fact that they have a program for a very sizable chunk of advanced kids to challenge them. MD's program for those at the very top end only fits about 3% of the kids in the county so is very limited. [/quote]

7/21 23:34 here.  Yes, I should have said this.   As I think about it, part of the new curriculum won't be fixed.  I think the people that run MCPS philosophically believe that no matter how differently prepared kids may be as the walk into a school building, they will be treated the same and have the same materials, approach, and classroom.   If your kid can read chapter books in 1st grade and do addition/subtraction, that kid will be bored so the other kids can catch up.   If your kid needs help, maybe you can get it if you go pay for expensive testing, maybe not.   At the same time, MCPS will prioritize technology, central office overhead, and teacher pay over having smaller class sizes.   So teachers will have these huge class sizes of all different abilities.  No matter how good some of the teachers may be, they won't be able to spend time with everyone.

Finally, I know Fairfax county has cheaper teacher aids to help out in the classroom, but I doubt the union/MCPS would ever go for this.   They would rather by tablets and dump them in the classroom without training, then spend dollars trying to give kids individual attention.[/quote]

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