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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1.  
We moved from an eastern school to a western school.  in the eastern school (which was wonderful by the way), the kids were grouped by ability.  All the high achieving kids were pulled out for math AND reading and their teachers were fully trained and used the William and Mary curriculum.  This approach worked and the school's test scores went up, presumably because every child got more attention at their level.
In our western school, there was no such grouping, except for Math so dc would end up with a reading group of two.  Granted there was more uniformity amongst the kids in the western school but I believe the eastern school's approach was better.
I know this isn't true of all schools in the eastern side but I agree with the previous poster - whether you live on the east side or west side, all our kids would benefit from grouping and it does not require extra resources (except teacher training).  They are doing it in Math - why not in other subjects.  Let's stand together.[/quote]

This Exactly!  I agree and have been saying this for the last 4 years.  We live in western MC, and I've been very frustrated at the lack of grouping in language arts and lack of implementation of the W&M curriculum.  I also get so frustrated that so many people think that every school in this county operates in the same way because it is all MCPS.  Since you have lived in both eastern & western MC and have had you attend two different elementary schools you clearly can attest to the fact that there are significant differences in the way the schools implement the curriculum.  I agree that the eastern school you attended had a much better approach![/quote]

I'm the pp you quote.  I could not agree more.  I think the main problem in MCPS isn't just the green zone/red zone divide but the fact that there is no uniformity in the approach.  If you are lucky to get a driven principal (which we had in our eastern school) who is determined to provide the best resources for every student, your child can get a good education in MCPS regardless of their ability.  Too much depends on the principal you end up with which is largely a matter of luck.  If parents knew that they could expect ability grouping (and differentiated/appropriate curriculum) in ALL schools in MCPS perhaps these resentments that seem to surface on the listserve would diminish.  [/quote]

I think the eastern-western hostility would diminish if people realize that the schools are pretty much kingdoms unto themselves.  Moved to ES in western MC and the principal is utterly closeminded.  AT our old eastern MC ES the school was wonderfu and the parents respectful.  Never thought I'd miss it so much.[/quote]

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