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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Equal outcomes is what the Superintendent means when she says her favorite tag line “education reimagined”. There is an example of one teacher in another school district that takes the class average and everyone gets that grade. So a class average of 87.5 is a B so everyone in the class gets a B. Of course the parents raised the roof but that is equal outcomes. Can not wait for equal outcomes cheerleaders realize that it means their kids no matter how well they do will only be average.  :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

Did the superintendent use that example? Source?[/quote]

There is an article in the Fairfax Times https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/area-principals-admit-to-withholding-national-merit-awards-from-students/article_2e5ed028-8f01-11ed-997c-37c69ccfb584.html

From the article:

However, for parents in the school district these examples of merit withheld from students raises serious concerns, particularly amid news that the FCPS superintendent signed a contract of about nine months, paying a controversial contractor, Mutiu Fagbayi, and his company Performance Fact Inc., based in Oakland, Calif., $455,000 for “equity” training that includes a controversial “Equity-centered Strategic Plan” with this goal: “equal outcomes for every student, without exception.”

“The equity imperative is to give each student what they need to meet equal outcomes. The goal is not equitable outcomes,” Fagbayi said early last year, promoting an identical strategy at a meeting with officials in Princeton Public Schools. A video recording of the April 26, 2022, meeting is posted on YouTube.

“The goal is equal outcomes,” Fagbayi explained. “And what we need to be equitable about is the access. In a very real sense, many districts struggle with this. To have true equity, you have to be purposefully unequal when it comes to resources. I want to say that again because most districts struggle with that. To have an equity-centered organization, we have to have the courage and the willingness to be purposefully unequal when it comes to opportunities and access,”

Is this what equal outcomes will mean for FCPS going forward? Does this mean that a kid reading above grade level will get no teacher time, for example?[/quote]

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