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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 2002 paper was responding to when GT was done in-home school. There was or still is an active campaign by MCEF to end gifted labeling and gifted centers.

Its very naive to pretend that the perspective to end GT centers and magnets because they predominantly only serve one segment of the population that is already privileged isn't strong within Montgomery County.

I wouldn't believe that anything is impossible. No one who moved Montgomery for the strong math curriculum ever expected MCPS to gut it as quickly as they did with 2.0. Boundary changes and busing is next to impossible because it involves a host of other parties from transportation to business developers. GT centers? Stroke of pen and they're gone. [/quote]

Except that nobody will ever do that stroke of a pen, because they know that it would be followed by deafening roars of outrage from many of the most affluent, entitled parents in Montgomery County (and the competition for that category in Montgomery County is stiff). Raising fears that Starr will abolish the HGCs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11! is useful if your goal is to rally the affluent parents. [b]It's not so useful if your goal is to actually improve education in MCPS[/b].[/quote]

I really don't understand how getting rid of HGCs would improve the education in MCPS.  It is taking out a program that offers a more rigorous curriculum.  How does eliminating HGCs exactly help improve the education overall?  By steering the funds elsewhere?  Well, if that is the case, then shouldn't we get rid of IEP programs, too, for the wealthy because they can surely afford private instruction.

There has been a lot of evidence that suggests increasing spending for a lower SES child doesn't improves academics.   Title 1 schools receive extra funding, smaller class sizes.  I'm not arguing against it. I think it's good they have it.  But how much of an increase in scores has it generated?

Also, as another PP noted, the only ones to really suffer are those from middle class families.[/quote]

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