New MCPS Superintendent Tells County Council He’s ‘Fairly Confident’ School System Can Improve:
...Smith told council members he is dismayed by the unevenness of the
academic performance of black students at different schools across the
county. When asked about the belief among some that the quality of the
school system—growing at a pace of about 2,500 students a year with many
more English as second language speakers—is beginning to erode, Smith
said “the data is sobering when you look at it.”
He also spoke bluntly when assessing whether MCPS can make real
progress toward significant improvements in students’ educational
performance, saying he was “fairly confident, like 75 percent
confident.”...
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