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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get a tutor or Saturday school.  [/quote]

Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps. [/quote]

You should’ve learned that public education in this country is a joke. We all saw that last year with online learning. Get your kid a tutor. [/quote]

Public education here is excellent, but there are many hyper-privileged types that expect the county to raise their kids for them.[/quote]

LMAO.  Excellent? Not by a long shot.  Especially not in MoCo.  We do have some excellent teachers.  But the school system as a whole is pretty subpar.  [/quote]

That's strange. I feel my kids are getting a much better education than I did at a W 30 years ago before attending an ivy.[/quote]

You either have a bad memory or aren't very familiar with what's going on in the classroom now.[/quote]

NP here, I disagree with you. I don’t feel my children have received a sub par education. You may be able to find a district with similar stats (ESOL, FARMS, etc) that has done better but MCPS overall prepares students quite well. What experiences and data do you have to support such statements?

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MCPS giving students students unearned grades just to keep passing students through without basic skills. No late penalties and a minimum 50% is part of that problem.  Keeping work examples at school so parents can’t see the real results is another factor. Same is true for all the 100% grades for completion or test corrections. [/quote]

Work samples? Ask your child- they are probably in canvas. Assessments will not be sent home, for obvious reasons.

I don’t think either of those are examples of a terrible education. I don’t agree with the 50% policy but I’m not sure it’s still in place this year. Most teachers I know were opposed to it, but it doesn’t mean the instruction is terrible. Just a bad policy. [/quote]

My child’s written work and assessments are kept by teachers at school. It’s a struggle of repeated asks to see them because they are not returned to students.

Logical ways to allow parents to see what is done in school is to scan or send the work home with a student. I like to see my child’s work so I can review the mistakes with my child so my child digests the graded feedback and fills in skills that were missed. This obviously is a task teachers are not doing at school. Teachers give an assignment or an assessment then move on to the next unit.

This is high school. Canvas gives no feedback whatsoever except a grade. Work and assessments from class shows the process and steps that a child understood or needs to relearn. Learning from mistakes is a cornerstone of the educational process. [/quote]

Does your high schooler have learning challenges? If my high schooler struggles on an assignment, he talks to the teacher. I’ve never ask to see his day to day assignments.

Teachers can provide feedback in canvas, or if the assignment is linked to a google doc, you can look at the comments the teachers has left.[/quote]

My child has an IEP that wasn’t implemented during online learning and isn’t being fully implemented this year.

He meets almost every office hour with one teacher. She is a general educator who is trying to meet his needs. However, he needs the help of a special educator who understands his disabilities.  For another subject, my son has gone in during office hours but he is referred to videos which he doesn’t process well because of his disabilities. We need work examples for at home support and to help him learn study skills. [/quote]

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