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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is a shell of its past.  First no SRO's, now more protection for the principals?  WTF

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I find it interesting that MCPS is getting the blame here not the quoted problem:
  [quote]And that aggressive behavior isn’t from students — it’s “parents and community members.[/quote][/quote]

+1. The thread should be "The state of MCPS parents is atrocious"[/quote]

+1. Schools are microcosm of society.  So until we begin to fix those problems in earnest schools will continue to deteriorate.  The funny thing is that studying other education systems in the world pointed to the fact that the problem that exist in the US education system actual are cultural in nature and larger than one school district.

[b]Don’t believe this, let’s look at Finland[/b][/quote]

Sure.  Let’s look at the demographics of Finland.  Are you prepared to fight for similar demographics here in Montgomery County?  [/quote]

Interestingly enough when you compare the 2018 PISA scores across countries and break down US scores across racial lines, education in the US looks pretty good.  US Asians outscore every Asian country except Singapore.  US Whites outscore every European country except Estonia.  They outscore Japan and Korea.  US Hispanics outscore every Latin-American country out there.  They just slightly worse than countries like Italy and are significantly better than Greece.  There aren’t a lot of African countries that collect PISA data but I would assume that US Blacks would compare favorably as well.  They outperform places like Mexico, Romania and Thailand.[/quote]
But Asian Americans are Americans, as are African Americans, and Hispanic Americans, and even white Americans. Why are you comparing them by race? What are you trying to say here?

I don't doubt that the difference in test scores is largely down to SES and English language learners. Most countries don't have a large population of non native speakers like the US has.

But I don't think comparing by race or ethnicity is accurate.  It's not about race. It's about the culture and how society perceives and treats education.  The US, for all its richness, does not support K-12 education as much as other countries. However, one's future in the US also does not hinge on one exam score or a path set by the education system at the age of 14 or 16, unlike many other countries.   College admissions in a lot of countries is purely based on test scores and marks, so students in K-12 will put a lot more effort into academics because they live and die by those marks.

Having stated that, I do agree that the education system in this entire country, not just MCPS, is atrocious.  We are dumbing down everything in the name of equity.  It's awful.  We have 3 more years in MCPS. I can't wait till we are done.[/quote]

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