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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These changes amount to MCPS treating STEM programs like they’re vocational training for white collar jobs and humanities programs like they’re a hobby.

Who needs employees who are skilled researchers, critical thinkers, creative problem solvers, effective communicators, trained to evaluate source material, experienced with collaboration, and who understand the historical context of past policies and the likely future ramifications of today’s policy proposals?[/quote]

Universities should take care of professional education that produce qualified workforce for all the aforementioned categories. K-12 is about building a strong foundation through rigorous education. Engaging in professional development in certain direction? Sure, nice to have. But it’s up-side-down right now. Fix the fundamental education first when budget is tight. [/quote]

And if magnet students are getting the education that creates skilled researchers, etc. but other students aren't, then we have a problem. [/quote]
That requires classroom discipline and engaged families. From observation, not all MCPS schools and families fit this description. [/quote]

We need a system that doesn't leave capable students out in the cold because a program only accepts a limited number each year.[/quote]

This new system won't increase access to magnet programs and the RMIB; it will diminish the quality of these programs and create new programs that don't come near the rigor of the current magnets and RMIB.  
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We’re in a loop. What is the point of a retort like this? How do you know the quality will be diminished if more students have access to the programs? Because you feel it in your heart?[/quote]
+1 the focus should be on making sure the criteria for the programs is high (meaning at least 90 percentile).

Assuming the regional magnets won’t come near the rigor is an emotional reaction not backed by evidence.[/quote]

Look up and check out the title of this post: all criteria-based humanity programs are changing into interests-based, and saying that the rigor will still be kept high is like claiming the Earth's surface is flat. [/quote]
Policy has not been finalized regarding whether humanities will change to interest based. If you follow BOE meetings, you would know that.

You do not need students who have been groomed from a young age from two W schools in order for rigor to still be kept high. My DCs again are 99 percentile, but I believe those who score &gt; 90 are highly able, but are without the helicoptering that is required in many cases to be farther up the ladder. They can handle the rigor. And there are plenty if these &gt; 90 percentile students in each region: they are the ones who MAP-tested into  compacted math and the former ELC.[/quote]

MCPS presented a slideshow that had all Humanities programs as interest-based. So, you are correct that it is not adopted, but DCUM is the first place I've seen pushback. The Board certainly did not push back. I find it ironic that the school board leapt into action this week when the TPMS magnet busses were messed up, but have spent years ignoring the other ways in which MCPS is failing high achievers (and potential high achievers). [/quote]

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