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Reply to "Is it good or bad that MCPS placed Magnet schools in the lowest performing schools?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I hardly think that this is some ploy for MCPS to "close" the achievement gap. First of all the gap is pretty intractable. Second, closing the gap in small segment of the school population (ie magnets) does nothing for the overall gap. That is not the reason MCPS is doing this. [/quote] Of course, MCPS cannot close the achievement gap. As you said, the gap is intractable. However, it is the optics of this step. MCPS can "pretend" they are being equitable, while at the same time distracting people from the fact that they are failing everybody with their curriculum and the ever widening gap. Magnets are convenient scapegoats and a good distraction. [/quote]
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