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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My high school currently has 1,000 E grades with 50% or lower.

We are hoping this is a wake up call / FAFO moment for the students.  We’ll see.  So many students just put the bare minimum in and it has been a lifelong habit enabled by MCPS and parents.[/quote]

Students may have a poor work ethic, but to the best of my knowledge MCPS has never provided direct instruction on study/executive functioning skills. [/quote]

Why doesn’t MCPS offer a study skills/exec functioning class? Even as an elective or after school or summer school or something? [/quote]

Question for high school teachers: Is it a study skills issue or a lack of effort and/or interest? Would an EF class help the kids who are failing?[/quote]

Some of both.  Some are just not trying.  Some are frustrated and don't have the necessary pre-requiste skills including study skills needed to be successful.  Some are kids who are trying and failing because they need better study skills/EF.  Some of these might actually have undiagnosed ADHD that they've been able to sustain until they hit HS classes.[/quote]

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