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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is DCPS < FCPS?

Is DCPS < MCPS?[/quote]

RE MCPS -- it depends on where in MCPS you live.

DCPS has WOTP vs EOTP/EOTR and MCPS has western, northern vs. eastern and parts of the county. Similar patterns with some exceptions (both for DCPS and MCPS) here and there.

One difference is that MCPS has an affirmative strategy to staff its Title 1 schools differently -- lower teacher-student ratios, more support staff in Title 1 and higher in the rest. It can mean (not always) significantly higher elementary school class sizes than in DCPS. Another is that there is no Pk3 or Pk4. [/quote]

Biggest difference are, even in the “lower” ranked in APS, FCPS, LCPS, HCPS and MCPS is the curriculum versus DCPS. Even the lower ranked schools in the burbs are going to be comparable to DCPS or better. DCPS has openly & repeatedly stated and shown their priority is for the achievement gap and those students (who make up the majority of its population) need it. DCPS is right to focus their energies on the achievement gap because those children need it as they make up 3/4 of the school system demographics. Suburban school systems actually put students into tracks, but they have a new term it’s called differentiating. [/quote]

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