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Reply to "13 MoCo high schools decline in state rankings"
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[quote=Anonymous]I know high schools are the focus here, but among teachers I know that teach MS and HS, they all say that so many kids arrive unprepared and lacking in basic skills, particularly reading. If you're a poor reader, it's hard to be successful in any subject. I didn't fully appreciate what they were talking about until my oldest started ES and we saw how terrible the reading curriculum was (initially the "old" system- 2.0? then Benchmark). We had to teach them phonics at home because they weren't getting it in school. I've heard similar from other parents (or they got a tutor). My younger DC has the advantage of getting RGR at school, thankfully, although the rest of ELA is still lacking. But when MCPS makes poor curriculum choices at the ES level, they are setting up a barrier for students to overcome, and many families don't have the resources to do that.[/quote]
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