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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Weast got nothing done and was fired when he was caught getting payoffs from Pearson.
He was all about faking PR to sucker you in.

That's odd since Bethesda Magazine says he walked on water!

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/march-april-2011/the-last-lessons-of-jerry-weast-2/2/

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Anonymous wrote:I was a teacher whilst Weast was superintendent. I was proud to work for MCPS. i’d worked in exclusive NYC privates before and they did not hold a candle to the high standards and commitment to excellence. Now I’m an mcps parent and feel ill about the abysmal state of the system. Bring Weast back!! He ran a tight ship and mcps was tops in the country them.

Clearly you weren't paying attention when you were teaching. Weast didn't run the ship at all. He wasn't even here. He spent his time traveling and giving speeches around the globe. MCPS wasn't even tops in Maryland when Weast was superintendent. Do your homework.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Weast got nothing done and was fired when he was caught getting payoffs from Pearson.
He was all about faking PR to sucker you in.

That's odd since Bethesda Magazine says he walked on water!

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/march-april-2011/the-last-lessons-of-jerry-weast-2/2/

Odd? You mean that Bethesda Magazine covered up for Weast and failed to point out he had been fired for taking a two week trip to Australia paid for by Pearson right after he rammed through Pearson curriculum for MCPS? Yes, odd.

So this is just an alternative news conspiracy that isn't documented anywhere? How convenient.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Weast got nothing done and was fired when he was caught getting payoffs from Pearson.
He was all about faking PR to sucker you in.

That's odd since Bethesda Magazine says he walked on water!

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/march-april-2011/the-last-lessons-of-jerry-weast-2/2/

Odd? You mean that Bethesda Magazine covered up for Weast and failed to point out he had been fired for taking a two week trip to Australia paid for by Pearson right after he rammed through Pearson curriculum for MCPS? Yes, odd.

Anonymous wrote:It means MCPS wants immediate injections of experience, instead of taking the trouble to find competent but untried people. Maybe they're desperate, maybe they're lazy, maybe it's cronyism.

Anonymous wrote:I was a teacher whilst Weast was superintendent. I was proud to work for MCPS. i’d worked in exclusive NYC privates before and they did not hold a candle to the high standards and commitment to excellence. Now I’m an mcps parent and feel ill about the abysmal state of the system. Bring Weast back!! He ran a tight ship and mcps was tops in the country them.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

White students have negative peer pressure too. There is clear research showing that teachers expect less of Black students and subject then to worse punishments for the same behavior compared with White students. I wouldn't be very motivated under those circumstances either.

I'm curious about how "clear" this "research" is that you're citing and whether it has been done for MCPS, but in my experience, MCPS bends over backwards to accommodate BIPOC students.

If you were that "curious" you would look it up. It's not hard. Not gonna waste my time on someone who actively chooses to be ignorant and then claims to be "curious". GTFOOH.

I looked it up, and didn't find anything remotely on point for this discussion. I think you and I both know that MCPS does a ton to support and accommodate BIPOC students, who nevertheless underperform academically (percentage-wise) and are overrepresented with disciplinary problems. Now maybe you want to believe that that's because of unfair treatment, but that doesn't at all track with actual experience in those schools.

You and I both know you didn't look very hard. You and I both know you think Black people are inherently less intelligent and more violent than White people which is the only way you can explain the outcomes of wealthy BIPOC kids in MCPS without acknowledging systemic racism.

Kid gloves and low expectations = lower performance

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

White students have negative peer pressure too. There is clear research showing that teachers expect less of Black students and subject then to worse punishments for the same behavior compared with White students. I wouldn't be very motivated under those circumstances either.

I'm curious about how "clear" this "research" is that you're citing and whether it has been done for MCPS, but in my experience, MCPS bends over backwards to accommodate BIPOC students.

If you were that "curious" you would look it up. It's not hard. Not gonna waste my time on someone who actively chooses to be ignorant and then claims to be "curious". GTFOOH.

I looked it up, and didn't find anything remotely on point for this discussion. I think you and I both know that MCPS does a ton to support and accommodate BIPOC students, who nevertheless underperform academically (percentage-wise) and are overrepresented with disciplinary problems. Now maybe you want to believe that that's because of unfair treatment, but that doesn't at all track with actual experience in those schools.

You and I both know you didn't look very hard. You and I both know you think Black people are inherently less intelligent and more violent than White people which is the only way you can explain the outcomes of wealthy BIPOC kids in MCPS without acknowledging systemic racism.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

White students have negative peer pressure too. There is clear research showing that teachers expect less of Black students and subject then to worse punishments for the same behavior compared with White students. I wouldn't be very motivated under those circumstances either.

I'm curious about how "clear" this "research" is that you're citing and whether it has been done for MCPS, but in my experience, MCPS bends over backwards to accommodate BIPOC students.

If you were that "curious" you would look it up. It's not hard. Not gonna waste my time on someone who actively chooses to be ignorant and then claims to be "curious". GTFOOH.

I looked it up, and didn't find anything remotely on point for this discussion. I think you and I both know that MCPS does a ton to support and accommodate BIPOC students, who nevertheless underperform academically (percentage-wise) and are overrepresented with disciplinary problems. Now maybe you want to believe that that's because of unfair treatment, but that doesn't at all track with actual experience in those schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

White students have negative peer pressure too. There is clear research showing that teachers expect less of Black students and subject then to worse punishments for the same behavior compared with White students. I wouldn't be very motivated under those circumstances either.

I'm curious about how "clear" this "research" is that you're citing and whether it has been done for MCPS, but in my experience, MCPS bends over backwards to accommodate BIPOC students.

If you were that "curious" you would look it up. It's not hard. Not gonna waste my time on someone who actively chooses to be ignorant and then claims to be "curious". GTFOOH.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Weast got nothing done and was fired when he was caught getting payoffs from Pearson.
He was all about faking PR to sucker you in.

That's odd since Bethesda Magazine says he walked on water!

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/march-april-2011/the-last-lessons-of-jerry-weast-2/2/

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Weast got nothing done and was fired when he was caught getting payoffs from Pearson.
He was all about faking PR to sucker you in.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

I don't know if I'd buy that. Those kids are already on the ground level in terms of performance. No amount of money bring them up. I guess one good news is they can't go down any lower.

Really? My kids are getting an amazing education. Like they say you can lead a horse to water...

Objectively, this probably isn't true, but I am sure that they are getting good grades.