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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does nobody else see this is just a way of advertising/generating demand for a paid service, when what's really needed is a better focus on enrichment offerings within the system?[/quote]

Of course, you’re right!  But any parent that has kids in MCPS the past 5-10 years knows that this is an uphill battle.

MCPS is focused on Equity.  Not excellence and certainly not enrichment.  Go to the BOE meetings, read the MCPS emails, learn about what teacher training is like, ask older parents in your neighborhood.  The main goal is to close the Achievement Gap.  Enrichment does not help MCPS achieve that goal.

There were parents asking for enrichment at my kids’ ES and MS for years.  Never happened.  Every kid is put into the same useless Advanced English class.  And the teachers are supposed to ‘differentiate’, which is close to impossible.

So, as a parent, you can watch your child disengage and get overlooked.  Or, pay for private.  Or, you find ways to enrich the abysmal ES and MS Math curriculum outside of school.  [/quote]

Is it possible that the pandemic boom in online self-paced programs will actually give the differentiation that we've always pretended teachers can give?[/quote]

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