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Friday, April 2, 2010

Newsweek falls for MCPS exaggeration

Newsweek: Five Minority School Districts In Running for Broad Prize

The low-income districts are finalists for the $2 million Broad Prize for making achievement gains.

Posted April 1, 2010

...An enrollment uptick of nearly 15,000 students since 2002 has rocked the district hard: Weast says...
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Actual MCPS enrollment history since 2001. Actual enrollment has gone up and down in the range of 3,000 students, not 15,000 students as stated by Newsweek.


2001 - 136,832
2002 - 138,832
2003 - 138,891
2004 - 139,203
2005 - 139,337
2006 - 137,798
2007 - 137,745
2008 - 139,237
2009 - 141,777

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