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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.

You mean isn't documented anywhere you would look.

Pearson put up the video showing Weast and his wife on the two week junket days after he pushed through the Pearson curriculum at the Montgomery County Board of Education meeting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB-iOuryevg

That video doesn't tell me anything. Seriously get a life.

Pearson paid for Jerry Weast and his wife to spend two weeks in Australia days after Weast rammed through a deal with Pearson to turn MCPS curriculum into Pearson curriculum. The deal tanked and the expected revenue never appeared.
The day Weast arrived back from Australia he was told he was canned and his contract would not be renewed.

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Anonymous wrote:By all objective measures it is false to say that all kids in MCPS are getting an equally crappy education. Educational disparities by race and ethnicity AND income are real, to say otherwise is just a lie.

You mean it is false to say they are all getting a world class #1 best ever education. Got it.

No, that's not what I said or meant. The options are not "all world class" or "all equally crappy". JFC some of you are really dumb as rocks.

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Anonymous wrote:By all objective measures it is false to say that all kids in MCPS are getting an equally crappy education. Educational disparities by race and ethnicity AND income are real, to say otherwise is just a lie.

You mean it is false to say they are all getting a world class #1 best ever education. Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:By all objective measures it is false to say that all kids in MCPS are getting an equally crappy education. Educational disparities by race and ethnicity AND income are real, to say otherwise is just a lie.

You mean it is false to say they are all getting a world class #1 best ever education. Got it.

Anonymous wrote:By all objective measures it is false to say that all kids in MCPS are getting an equally crappy education. Educational disparities by race and ethnicity AND income are real, to say otherwise is just a lie.

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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.

Agreed. Not many kids in MCPS are getting an ‘amazing education’. White kids, Black kids, Asian kids, SN kids. Across the board, they are all getting a pretty crappy education.

By all objective measures that is easy to see.

True that your kids might be getting good grades, but that certainly doesn’t equal a good education.

Way better than the one your kids are getting at private school

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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.

Agreed. Not many kids in MCPS are getting an ‘amazing education’. White kids, Black kids, Asian kids, SN kids. Across the board, they are all getting a pretty crappy education.

By all objective measures that is easy to see.

True that your kids might be getting good grades, but that certainly doesn’t equal a good education.

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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.

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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/

He was the best!

Jerry Weast lists the top 10 accomplishments of his tenure*
MCPS has the highest graduation rate among the nation’s largest school districts, according to Education Week.
Nearly 30,000 Advanced Placement exams were taken in 2010, more than three times the number of exams taken in 1999.
The class of 2010 scored an average of 1,653 on the SAT, an all-time high and well above the state and national averages.
More than 90 percent of kindergartners last year met or exceeded reading targets, narrowing the achievement gap by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Last year’s graduates earned $234 million in college scholarships, an immediate 10 percent return on the MCPS budget.
A collaborative relationship with our staff, which includes having our employee associations at the budget table. Over the past three years, the associations that represent more than 20,000 employees have helped us cut more than $300 million from the budget and have voted to forgo cost-of-living increases for the past two years.
An increased focus on early education, including the expansion of prekindergarten programs for our neediest students.
A focus on parent and community outreach to all the citizens of Montgomery County at the district and school level.
High levels of employee satisfaction. In 2009, MCPS had a teacher retention rate of nearly 95 percent, much higher than other large districts around the country.
Our organizational excellence has been recognized recently with two prestigious national awards. In October, MCPS was named a finalist for the 2010 Broad Prize for Urban Education, which recognizes large school districts that have raised student performance while narrowing the achievement gap. MCPS is the first school district in the Washington area to be chosen as a finalist. And in November, MCPS was a recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which recognizes institutions that improve student outcomes, engage and empower staff and the community, carefully allocate resources and demonstrate leadership and social responsibility. MCPS is just the sixth school district to be an award recipient.
* in no particular order

What others say about Jerry Weast
Jay Mathews, Washington Post education columnist and blogger: “Jerry Weast was one of the most energetic and effective school superintendents I ever encountered. He is certainly in the Top 10 nationally in terms of raising the achievement of low-income students, which to me is the most important measure of an educator. The only reason I would not make him No. 1 is that he has not yet taken on one of our distressed urban districts, but if he did so, I think he would be very good.

“There was an advantage for him in running a district with voters, parents and school board members as smart and as generous as those in Montgomery County, but there are other similarly affluent districts that have not seen such gains for their most disadvantaged students.

“He was a good politician, a good publicist (he would come all the way to my office in Alexandria to explain his latest program) and a very good analyst of what worked and what didn’t with kids. I hope he writes a long book explaining it all in his characteristic clear and vivid way.”

Michelle Rhee, former D.C public schools chancellor: “Jerry Weast took the Montgomery County schools to a new level. His work and leadership made MCPS a model for the nation.”

Rosanne Hurwitz, activist with the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County: “My kids got a great education, but there was a lot of work to advocate on their behalf. The system is designed for the great middle. If you are at the ultra-top or ultra-bottom, then the school system does not care. …I would hope that the next superintendent is more open to all parents and meets their needs.”

Valerie Ervin, Montgomery County Council president, Education Committee chair and former Board of Education member: “At the end of the day, he was a masterful politician who had the right idea at the right time. I think for the most part our students have benefited.

“…But one could say that the achievement gap is as big as it has ever been. Montgomery College has said that students coming from Montgomery County have to be remediated in math and reading. So even though the story that we were told was a hopeful one of great success for individual students, there is still a persistent achievement gap in Montgomery County Public Schools. …He is leaving at the right time because we now need some fresh ideas from a new visionary leader who can take us to the next level.”

George Leventhal, Montgomery County Council member: “Jerry Weast has accomplished a great deal, and he put an appropriate focus on outcome disparities between the kids from more fortunate families versus kids from less fortunate families. …He was a very successful superintendent during the time of rising revenues, but I think he is less well equipped to deal with a climate of shrinking revenues. [And] I think that he is too involved in political campaigns. I do not think that is the role of a superintendent.”

July 18, 2010: Examiner cover story: School boss's choice: Leave or get canned

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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/

He was the best!

Jerry Weast lists the top 10 accomplishments of his tenure*
MCPS has the highest graduation rate among the nation’s largest school districts, according to Education Week.
Nearly 30,000 Advanced Placement exams were taken in 2010, more than three times the number of exams taken in 1999.
The class of 2010 scored an average of 1,653 on the SAT, an all-time high and well above the state and national averages.
More than 90 percent of kindergartners last year met or exceeded reading targets, narrowing the achievement gap by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Last year’s graduates earned $234 million in college scholarships, an immediate 10 percent return on the MCPS budget.
A collaborative relationship with our staff, which includes having our employee associations at the budget table. Over the past three years, the associations that represent more than 20,000 employees have helped us cut more than $300 million from the budget and have voted to forgo cost-of-living increases for the past two years.
An increased focus on early education, including the expansion of prekindergarten programs for our neediest students.
A focus on parent and community outreach to all the citizens of Montgomery County at the district and school level.
High levels of employee satisfaction. In 2009, MCPS had a teacher retention rate of nearly 95 percent, much higher than other large districts around the country.
Our organizational excellence has been recognized recently with two prestigious national awards. In October, MCPS was named a finalist for the 2010 Broad Prize for Urban Education, which recognizes large school districts that have raised student performance while narrowing the achievement gap. MCPS is the first school district in the Washington area to be chosen as a finalist. And in November, MCPS was a recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which recognizes institutions that improve student outcomes, engage and empower staff and the community, carefully allocate resources and demonstrate leadership and social responsibility. MCPS is just the sixth school district to be an award recipient.
* in no particular order

What others say about Jerry Weast
Jay Mathews, Washington Post education columnist and blogger: “Jerry Weast was one of the most energetic and effective school superintendents I ever encountered. He is certainly in the Top 10 nationally in terms of raising the achievement of low-income students, which to me is the most important measure of an educator. The only reason I would not make him No. 1 is that he has not yet taken on one of our distressed urban districts, but if he did so, I think he would be very good.

“There was an advantage for him in running a district with voters, parents and school board members as smart and as generous as those in Montgomery County, but there are other similarly affluent districts that have not seen such gains for their most disadvantaged students.

“He was a good politician, a good publicist (he would come all the way to my office in Alexandria to explain his latest program) and a very good analyst of what worked and what didn’t with kids. I hope he writes a long book explaining it all in his characteristic clear and vivid way.”

Michelle Rhee, former D.C public schools chancellor: “Jerry Weast took the Montgomery County schools to a new level. His work and leadership made MCPS a model for the nation.”

Rosanne Hurwitz, activist with the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County: “My kids got a great education, but there was a lot of work to advocate on their behalf. The system is designed for the great middle. If you are at the ultra-top or ultra-bottom, then the school system does not care. …I would hope that the next superintendent is more open to all parents and meets their needs.”

Valerie Ervin, Montgomery County Council president, Education Committee chair and former Board of Education member: “At the end of the day, he was a masterful politician who had the right idea at the right time. I think for the most part our students have benefited.

“…But one could say that the achievement gap is as big as it has ever been. Montgomery College has said that students coming from Montgomery County have to be remediated in math and reading. So even though the story that we were told was a hopeful one of great success for individual students, there is still a persistent achievement gap in Montgomery County Public Schools. …He is leaving at the right time because we now need some fresh ideas from a new visionary leader who can take us to the next level.”

George Leventhal, Montgomery County Council member: “Jerry Weast has accomplished a great deal, and he put an appropriate focus on outcome disparities between the kids from more fortunate families versus kids from less fortunate families. …He was a very successful superintendent during the time of rising revenues, but I think he is less well equipped to deal with a climate of shrinking revenues. [And] I think that he is too involved in political campaigns. I do not think that is the role of a superintendent.”

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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.

You mean isn't documented anywhere you would look.

Pearson put up the video showing Weast and his wife on the two week junket days after he pushed through the Pearson curriculum at the Montgomery County Board of Education meeting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB-iOuryevg

That video doesn't tell me anything. Seriously get a life.

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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/

Jerry Weast lists the top 10 accomplishments of his tenure*
MCPS has the highest graduation rate among the nation’s largest school districts, according to Education Week.
Nearly 30,000 Advanced Placement exams were taken in 2010, more than three times the number of exams taken in 1999.
The class of 2010 scored an average of 1,653 on the SAT, an all-time high and well above the state and national averages.
More than 90 percent of kindergartners last year met or exceeded reading targets, narrowing the achievement gap by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Last year’s graduates earned $234 million in college scholarships, an immediate 10 percent return on the MCPS budget.
A collaborative relationship with our staff, which includes having our employee associations at the budget table. Over the past three years, the associations that represent more than 20,000 employees have helped us cut more than $300 million from the budget and have voted to forgo cost-of-living increases for the past two years.
An increased focus on early education, including the expansion of prekindergarten programs for our neediest students.
A focus on parent and community outreach to all the citizens of Montgomery County at the district and school level.
High levels of employee satisfaction. In 2009, MCPS had a teacher retention rate of nearly 95 percent, much higher than other large districts around the country.
Our organizational excellence has been recognized recently with two prestigious national awards. In October, MCPS was named a finalist for the 2010 Broad Prize for Urban Education, which recognizes large school districts that have raised student performance while narrowing the achievement gap. MCPS is the first school district in the Washington area to be chosen as a finalist. And in November, MCPS was a recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which recognizes institutions that improve student outcomes, engage and empower staff and the community, carefully allocate resources and demonstrate leadership and social responsibility. MCPS is just the sixth school district to be an award recipient.
* in no particular order

What others say about Jerry Weast
Jay Mathews, Washington Post education columnist and blogger: “Jerry Weast was one of the most energetic and effective school superintendents I ever encountered. He is certainly in the Top 10 nationally in terms of raising the achievement of low-income students, which to me is the most important measure of an educator. The only reason I would not make him No. 1 is that he has not yet taken on one of our distressed urban districts, but if he did so, I think he would be very good.

“There was an advantage for him in running a district with voters, parents and school board members as smart and as generous as those in Montgomery County, but there are other similarly affluent districts that have not seen such gains for their most disadvantaged students.

“He was a good politician, a good publicist (he would come all the way to my office in Alexandria to explain his latest program) and a very good analyst of what worked and what didn’t with kids. I hope he writes a long book explaining it all in his characteristic clear and vivid way.”

Michelle Rhee, former D.C public schools chancellor: “Jerry Weast took the Montgomery County schools to a new level. His work and leadership made MCPS a model for the nation.”

Rosanne Hurwitz, activist with the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County: “My kids got a great education, but there was a lot of work to advocate on their behalf. The system is designed for the great middle. If you are at the ultra-top or ultra-bottom, then the school system does not care. …I would hope that the next superintendent is more open to all parents and meets their needs.”

Valerie Ervin, Montgomery County Council president, Education Committee chair and former Board of Education member: “At the end of the day, he was a masterful politician who had the right idea at the right time. I think for the most part our students have benefited.

“…But one could say that the achievement gap is as big as it has ever been. Montgomery College has said that students coming from Montgomery County have to be remediated in math and reading. So even though the story that we were told was a hopeful one of great success for individual students, there is still a persistent achievement gap in Montgomery County Public Schools. …He is leaving at the right time because we now need some fresh ideas from a new visionary leader who can take us to the next level.”

George Leventhal, Montgomery County Council member: “Jerry Weast has accomplished a great deal, and he put an appropriate focus on outcome disparities between the kids from more fortunate families versus kids from less fortunate families. …He was a very successful superintendent during the time of rising revenues, but I think he is less well equipped to deal with a climate of shrinking revenues. [And] I think that he is too involved in political campaigns. I do not think that is the role of a superintendent.”

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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.

You mean isn't documented anywhere you would look.

Pearson put up the video showing Weast and his wife on the two week junket days after he pushed through the Pearson curriculum at the Montgomery County Board of Education meeting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB-iOuryevg

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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.