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[quote=Anonymous]The immigrants we have today are coming in with lots of trauma. They are coming illiterate (the family and the child). They are coming in very poor with few resources. We have kids entering K still wearing diapers. We have kids coming in at K or older never having previous special Ed services and are severely autistic. This is not unique to MCPS. It is tanking scores across the nation. There is only so much MCPS can do to combat that. There are plenty of things MCPS does that I disagree with and haven't handled correctly but there are some things you can't blame them for. For what it's worth, I am an MCPS employee in special Ed and it's maddening what is happening with the funding, , the over crowding on some of our programs, staffing issues.
That being said, my kids are having a really good experience so far at the elementary level (title 1 school) though I definitely see things that could be changed. Taylor has gone and made major changes but it's not hitting what really needs to be done.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did your kid not get into UMD? I don’t think that is MCPS’ fault.[/quote]
dp.. my kid got into UMDCP for CS a couple of years ago, and I still think MCPS is going down hill.  Look at the achievement numbers for the past few years.   [/quote]

Achievement tests are biased against students of color and our multilingual learners which now comprise a large percentage of our students.[/quote]
and there you are.  Thanks for proving my point about how MCPS wokism is actually hurting students.

Also, we are immigrants, and my parents don't speak English.   I know a thing or to about non English speakers and struggling in academics.  Dumbing things down doesn't help such students.  I fully support providing a lot of free academic support, even meals, free backpacks (which I have donated to in the past), but dumbing things down doesn't help them in the long run.

Also, why do you suppose a lot of top universities are going back to test required?  Studies have shown that SATs are a better marker of how well a student does in college compared to grades.   Did you know that in college most of your grade is based on test scores?   So, tell me how grade inflation and not focusing on tests will help these students in college?[/quote][/quote]

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