tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post9008590251380450041..comments2024-03-24T12:58:03.207-04:00Comments on East MoCo: Humiliation: No MCPS school makes 2016 National Blue Ribbon School listRobert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-76837585218708497452016-10-02T21:15:01.071-04:002016-10-02T21:15:01.071-04:00I am with you Robert! This is shameful.
We do ne...I am with you Robert! This is shameful. <br /><br />We do need a new superintendent, new school board and new County Councilmembers FAST.<br /><br />#MoCoTermLimits<br />#ThrowTheBumsOutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-1243114105487332272016-10-02T20:59:16.492-04:002016-10-02T20:59:16.492-04:00Brian, no, but I have won actual academic awards. ...Brian, no, but I have won actual academic awards. Which is part of why I'm the only journalist in local media reporting that MCPS couldn't place a single school on the 2016 Blue Ribbon list. The others either couldn't intellectually grasp the significance of the humiliation (particularly in the context of the taxes and money spent on MCPS in recent years),, or because they are politically in the tank for the MoCo cartel.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-33602439151009961842016-10-02T20:34:16.960-04:002016-10-02T20:34:16.960-04:00Robert probably paid to be included in "Who&#...Robert probably paid to be included in "Who's Who Among American High School Students" and considered it to be a big honor.WestBerkeleyFlatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445701958269444184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-55431083793544460832016-10-02T20:18:39.763-04:002016-10-02T20:18:39.763-04:004:46: If such a course is available, I would sugge...4:46: If such a course is available, I would suggest you register. During the semester, you would learn that there were indeed MCPS schools that were eligible to apply for the Blue Ribbon list in 2016. Yet no MCPS school received the award. We were beat by the reddest of red states at our own "great public schools" game. It's no surprise - final exam scores tanking, achievement gap growing since 2010.<br /><br />We need a new superintendent, school board and County Council FAST.<br /><br />#MoCoTermLimits<br />#ThrowTheBumsOut Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-83833280783847097822016-10-02T16:46:13.821-04:002016-10-02T16:46:13.821-04:00I'm happy you went to college, but unless ther...I'm happy you went to college, but unless there was a course on the Blue Ribbon nomination process that doesn't affect how educated you are on this topic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-17770949297304253452016-10-01T00:59:28.494-04:002016-10-01T00:59:28.494-04:008:15: I was on the Dean's List every semester ...8:15: I was on the Dean's List every semester in college, so I'm afraid the "uneducated" attack just bounces off. What's ignorant is to claim that all MCPS schools were ineligible for the competition this year. Yet no school made the list! Embarrassing. Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-61447177332334143592016-09-30T20:15:27.229-04:002016-09-30T20:15:27.229-04:00Way to show how uneducated you are, Robert. School...Way to show how uneducated you are, Robert. Schools can only win a Blue Ribbon award once in any 5 year period. Of course MoCo's top schools don't win every year - that's, literally, impossible. Maybe stop blaming the County Council and, rather, blame your own ignorance of the process. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-20410174987983651052016-09-30T18:11:00.217-04:002016-09-30T18:11:00.217-04:00Is this "honor" viewed as something of a...Is this "honor" viewed as something of a joke?<br /><br />From the program's inception through 2003, schools were permitted to nominate themselves. As of 2003 nominations are handled through a state liaison which schools must contact for nomination.[12][13]<br /><br />The program has also been criticized for assessment of schools coming from the school itself rather than an independent 3rd party and a nomination and assessment process that favors schools with the know-how and resources to complete the review assessment.[14]WestBerkeleyFlatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445701958269444184noreply@blogger.com