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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 2E kid took digital literacy because we were concerned about a foreign language. Kid is off the charts in math/science but struggled with language. Digital literacy was a far better class for writing than the GT/Honors English class. GT English was disorganized and did a pretty poor job modeling effective writing styles and research papers. DL was very good and involved far more longer writing assignments and papers that in the end really made a difference for my kid. It also helped that the kids were writing about more contemporary topics. [/quote]

What MS?

JW doesn’t have an Honors English class for 6th graders!  There is no differentiation.  All 6th graders take the same Advanced English class.  No regular or Honors options.  [/quote]

So kids that aren’t advanced in English take it? Why call it advance? LOL

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They don’t track in middle school?   :shock: Good God. How pathetic.

Yes.  Teachers are expected to differentiate within the class, just as in ES.[/quote][/quote]

Not allowed to track for English or Science.

Most MS do offer a cohort for Math and History (History is a strange choice, IMO).[/quote]

You would think with so many ESOL kids, they would at least differentiate for English. Do the teachers take reading groups too. I mean there are kids reading beyond high school level and kids that don’t speak any English. What literature do they offer them? [/quote]

There are no reading groups in middle school English.  They either take digital literacy or a foreign language or they have ESOL support.  English class once you are done with elementary school is never again about reading groups and centers.  [/quote]

So there is no required reading? No literature assigned? My oldest two goes to private so this is new for us, but their middle school English was a combination of literature (required novels) papers, poetry, essays, grammar, and creative writing. What does public school teach with English? Man, I am getting depressed. [/quote]

MCPS is totally different from private school.

MCPS focuses on Equity and closing the Achievement Gap.  That is it.  They tell you that in all their emails, press releases and at meetings.  It is the major concern.  MCPS is not interested in making your high performing child perform even better.  No reason to focus on those kids, who would perform well despite MCPS.[/quote]

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