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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS English teacher here. There is no difference anymore. Honors is on-level. They got rid of true honors because of “equity” and now everyone is in honors. There is no option to choose a non-honors course. As a result, all students get a weighted GPA for doing grade-level expectations. It’s ridiculous—and frankly—embarrassing for MCPS. Students are frustrated when they are bored or can’t keep up, and teachers are beyond exhausted trying to teach to everyone from language learns to gifted students.

PARENTS… please appeal to Dr. Taylor. We as teachers have tried without results.

MCPS needs to quit pretending that teachers have the time to make four different tiered lesson plans for each level of student for each day. Grouping kids by ability is not discriminatory it’s actually helpful to be able to tailor the learning to meet all students needs. [/quote]

YES YES YES... these "honors classes" that are really the same as what used to be called regular are an embarrassment.  They make MCPS numbers look better in terms of % of students enrolled in honors classes but the are hurting a lot of students in the process. we came from outside the MCPS and did not know this about the lack of true honors classes until scheduling my child's classes and I was quite upset. i asked about the reasoning and expressed my concern that there would be such a heterogeneous group of learners that my student would not be challenged. I was assured by an administrator that the teachers were well trained to be able to hand this heterogeneity and teach each student at an appropriate level.  I actually do not doubt the teachers' abilities, but I do doubt how reasonable it is that a teacher can teach such a large group, particularly where a lot of the students really do not care, and appropriately challenge each student.  Not surprising, my student is bored and increasingly demotivated since the content is so watered down (their words not mine).

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