Tuesday, December 12, 2017

MCPS Ranks High Schools Based on New Data on School Climate


A MCPS teacher took the data and created a list of high schools using the data and sent it to The Washington Post.

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...Here is his list of high schools ranked by the percentage of staffers who this year agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, “Staff morale is positive in this school.”

Percentage on survey and percentage of low income/FARMS students:

 1. Paint Branch, 77.9 percent, 34 percent
2. Walter Johnson, 73.4 percent, 7 percent
3. Whitman, 69.6 percent, 5 percent
4. Northwest, 68 percent, 25 percent
5. Poolesville, 64.6 percent, 6 percent
6. Einstein, 61 percent, 42 percent
7. Wootton, 59 percent, 5 percent
8. Blair, 55.4 percent, 36 percent
9. Watkins Mill, 54.6 percent, 53 percent
10. Wheaton, 51.1 percent, 49 percent
11. Damascus, 49.4 percent, 15 percent
12. Rockville, 48.6 percent, 36 percent
13. Richard Montgomery, 45.9 percent, 20 percent
14. Quince Orchard, 41.9 percent, 23 percent
15. Blake, 41.9 percent, 35 percent
16. Churchill, 39.7 percent, 5 percent
17. Northwood, 35.9 percent, 50 percent
18. Seneca Valley, 33.8 percent, 37 percent
19. Clarksburg, 32 percent, 27 percent
20. Kennedy, 30.4 percent, 51 percent
21. Sherwood, 25.4 percent, 17 percent
22. Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 23.9 percent, 11 percent
23. Magruder, 21.7 percent, 33 percent
24. Gaithersburg, 21.4 percent, 42 percent
25. Springbrook, 17.1 percent, 47 percent

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/how-you-rate-your-school-becomes-important-under-new-law/2017/11/19/8fa0187a-cb24-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html?utm_term=.008e4f6e0b49
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  1. Janis SartucciDecember 13, 2017 at 10:18 AM

    Note to MCPS PR Department: Of course, your go to response is to attack the teacher who simply rank ordered the list of high schools by the data that MCPS created. Sorry, we will not be posting your attacks on this teacher on this blog.

    For our readers, it should be noted that the teacher who is mentioned in The Washington Post article appears to also be the teacher that we have to thank for exposing this gap in Maryland law:

    http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2017/Appellate-Court-Finds-State-Whistleblower-Laws-Do-Not-Cover-Rockville-Teacher/

    Thanks to this teacher, Maryland passed a new law last session that took effect on Oct. 1st, 2017:

    School whistleblower: Prohibits an employer from either taking or refusing to take retaliatory action against a public school employee because the employee discloses or threatens to disclose a policy that might violate a certain law, rule or regulation. (HB1145)

    http://www.cecildaily.com/news/state_news/article_7dfd1fbd-cab9-5f0e-999d-3f0ebb66df47.html

    Apparently the teachers' union saw no need to protect it's members, but this teacher stood up for all teachers and by his speaking out, Maryland law has been changed to provide protection to teachers.

    Of course, the Montgomery County Board of Education was Opposed to this new legislation.

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