Anonymous wrote:The Hogan/Franchot plan had nothing to do with education, which is curious for a decision about education.

Well on that point we agree. It was never about education, and neither is MCPS's little hissy fit.

Now this is a political thread too?

.... or the Russians, or James Comey, or Bernie Sanders, or... or... or...

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Anonymous wrote:It does not matter what Hogan does. US is a country in decline and it is now being decimated by the moron in the WH as well as the various natural disasters brought about by climate change.

It is interesting that US has been the biggest produced of pollution and green gas emissions in the world. Karma!

US is no longer able to protect its territories and its people. The rich now go to play play golf at mar-e-gommorah!

What r u talking about? I thought all the evil rich were at BCC, Whitman, churchill and Wooten?

Liberal Elites are not evil rich. The evil rich are those that are bilking the poor. Liberal Elites are hated by Trumpians only because they are educated enough to want to preserve the environment, preserve societal and world peace and have educated people in the society. If people are educated they will have the intellect to find Fox News infantile and they will not want to get their news from tweets. That will be the end of the Dotard's base.

Are we now back to blaming everything on the deplorables? It's funny how the "highly educated" liberal elites still don't understand the real reason why Trump won and Hillary lost. Keep blaming the deplorables and see how far that gets ya.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it was ever supposed to be "good for" education. No one is saying that. Proponents are simply saying that it is completely possible (and reasonable) to be able to fit the required days of instruction into a slightly compressed schedule.

Generally I expect policy related to education to be good for education.

I think you missed the point. If it does no harm to education, but benefits the state in other ways, isn't that a win?

But it does do harm to education.

Prove it. Same number of days in school = same outcome.

Longer time out of school = worse outcome. There's even a name for the phenomenon.

The Hogan/Franchot plan had nothing to do with education, which is curious for a decision about education.

Actually, the teacher him- or herself is one of the most influential aspects of a child's education. Teacher experience is key, and retention is a big part of that. 50% of teachers leave the profession during their first 5 years! One of the major reasons that teachers leave their profession is a lack of professional development. Many districts don't invest in teacher development, falsely thinking that a teacher just does the same thing year after year, limiting any advancement and growth for teachers to just administration. MoCo seems to be going back down that path now.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it was ever supposed to be "good for" education. No one is saying that. Proponents are simply saying that it is completely possible (and reasonable) to be able to fit the required days of instruction into a slightly compressed schedule.

Generally I expect policy related to education to be good for education.

I think you missed the point. If it does no harm to education, but benefits the state in other ways, isn't that a win?

But it does do harm to education.

Prove it. Same number of days in school = same outcome.

Longer time out of school = worse outcome. There's even a name for the phenomenon.

The Hogan/Franchot plan had nothing to do with education, which is curious for a decision about education.

Can you please show me that an extra week, or even two, of summer vacation causes a substantially greater loss?

So far, no one has.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it was ever supposed to be "good for" education. No one is saying that. Proponents are simply saying that it is completely possible (and reasonable) to be able to fit the required days of instruction into a slightly compressed schedule.

Generally I expect policy related to education to be good for education.

I think you missed the point. If it does no harm to education, but benefits the state in other ways, isn't that a win?

But it does do harm to education.

Prove it. Same number of days in school = same outcome.

Longer time out of school = worse outcome. There's even a name for the phenomenon.

The Hogan/Franchot plan had nothing to do with education, which is curious for a decision about education.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it was ever supposed to be "good for" education. No one is saying that. Proponents are simply saying that it is completely possible (and reasonable) to be able to fit the required days of instruction into a slightly compressed schedule.

Generally I expect policy related to education to be good for education.

I think you missed the point. If it does no harm to education, but benefits the state in other ways, isn't that a win?

But it does do harm to education.

Prove it. Same number of days in school = same outcome.

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Anonymous wrote:It does not matter what Hogan does. US is a country in decline and it is now being decimated by the moron in the WH as well as the various natural disasters brought about by climate change.

It is interesting that US has been the biggest produced of pollution and green gas emissions in the world. Karma!

US is no longer able to protect its territories and its people. The rich now go to play play golf at mar-e-gommorah!

What r u talking about? I thought all the evil rich were at BCC, Whitman, churchill and Wooten?

Liberal Elites are not evil rich. The evil rich are those that are bilking the poor. Liberal Elites are hated by Trumpians only because they are educated enough to want to preserve the environment, preserve societal and world peace and have educated people in the society. If people are educated they will have the intellect to find Fox News infantile and they will not want to get their news from tweets. That will be the end of the Dotard's base.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it was ever supposed to be "good for" education. No one is saying that. Proponents are simply saying that it is completely possible (and reasonable) to be able to fit the required days of instruction into a slightly compressed schedule.

Generally I expect policy related to education to be good for education.

I think you missed the point. If it does no harm to education, but benefits the state in other ways, isn't that a win?

But it does do harm to education.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it was ever supposed to be "good for" education. No one is saying that. Proponents are simply saying that it is completely possible (and reasonable) to be able to fit the required days of instruction into a slightly compressed schedule.

Generally I expect policy related to education to be good for education.

I think you missed the point. If it does no harm to education, but benefits the state in other ways, isn't that a win?

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Anonymous wrote:Gov. Hogan's order certainly has nothing to do with education.

Agreed, but it isn't debilitating to the education process either. It is making Maryland economically stronger without really sacrificing anything.

Debilitating? No. Good for? Also no.

I don't think it was ever supposed to be "good for" education. No one is saying that. Proponents are simply saying that it is completely possible (and reasonable) to be able to fit the required days of instruction into a slightly compressed schedule.

Generally I expect policy related to education to be good for education.

Anonymous wrote:It does not matter what Hogan does. US is a country in decline and it is now being decimated by the moron in the WH as well as the various natural disasters brought about by climate change.

It is interesting that US has been the biggest produced of pollution and green gas emissions in the world. Karma!

US is no longer able to protect its territories and its people. The rich now go to play play golf at mar-e-gommorah!

What r u talking about? I thought all the evil rich were at BCC, Whitman, churchill and Wooten?

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Anonymous wrote:And instead of coming up with a rational solution to their "problem", MCPS will instead use it as an opportunity to punish students hoping they can get parents angry enough to vote out the republican governor. The kids are just pawns in the world of politics, power, and money.

Exactly. It is political posturing by liberal Montgomery County leadership to try to turn public opinion against Governor Hogan as he heads toward reelection. It's a wasted and pointless effort since Montgomery County isn't likely to go his way anyway. Fortunately most of the rest of the population of Maryland is more sensible, and Governor Hogan will be able to continue doing all the great things he has been doing for the great state of Maryland for four more years. You all aren't really so naive as to think this has anything to do with education, do you?

In MCPS you may call it "political posturing..."
those of us in PG, where the calendar is developed at the last minute in secret, with few opportunities for community input, by a bunch of elected idiots who have no background in education, and where they tell us if a change in the last day of school in MAY...
We would just call it "good customer service."

Good lord I have never seen more whiney entitled rich people than in this thread.

It does not matter what Hogan does. US is a country in decline and it is now being decimated by the moron in the WH as well as the various natural disasters brought about by climate change.

It is interesting that US has been the biggest produced of pollution and green gas emissions in the world. Karma!

US is no longer able to protect its territories and its people. The rich now go to play play golf at mar-e-gommorah!