Restore Honors Courses in Fairfax County
Vote For School Board Candidates Who Support Honors
Check today’s Patch and Washington Post Education Blog for the details but basically, the School Board passed a mandate to the FCPS to add all five honors courses (listed above) to the course catalog for the 2012-2013 school year. The classes will be offered live at all AP high schools as long as there is [...]
Continue Reading →As our latest update indicated, an Email Blast to School Board members is needed by the end of the day, TOMORROW! If you have not already sent a letter asking ALL School Board members to support the restoration and addition of the 5 core subject courses at the honors level and asked all of your [...]
Continue Reading →HONORS UPDATE FOR 1/12/12:
At both their Forum meeting tonight at 5:30pm and the full public meeting at 7:30pm- 10pm, our new school board is coming through on their campaign promises to support the restoration of the 5 honors courses in time for 2012-2013 school year! Spearheaded by Dan Storck who made the motion to [...]
Continue Reading →1) If you would like to read a great overview of the need for 3 learning tiers in Fairfax County Public Schools, this is it:
http://www.fcag.org/documents/newsletters/newsletter-1-2012.pdf , scroll to page 2, written by FAIRGRADE’S Louise Epstein.
2) Watch for Emma Brown’s Washington Post Blog- she is working on an piece on the honors [...]
Continue Reading →FYI: Letter to Elected School Board members who publicly support 3 full learning tiers: Standard, Honors and AP or IB!
Kate Van Dyck to Dan, Sandy, Patty, Ryan, megan, elizabethschul., tamara, Ilryong, Hynesforschool. show details 12:27 PM (14 minutes ago)
In today’s Washington Post:
This is exactly why offering multiple, appropriate learning [...]
Continue Reading →We are so close but we need action now to get the courses listed in time for February registration! Here’s the plan:
1. I-PETITION IN SUPPORT OF HONORS: Please sign up and send this link to 10 honors supporters: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/restorehonorscourses/.
2. STUDENT BLAST SURVEY: Every student matters! Share I-Petition site with [...]
Continue Reading →Certain AP Scores For FCPS Schools By Free/Reduced Meals Categories December 4, 2011 by Greg Brandon
Click HERE to download a spreadsheet that examines the differences in AP test scores between the 2002-2003 and 2009-2010 school years for “core” AP courses. It is divided into schools based on schools’ Free/Reduced Meal percentages.
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Continue Reading →Many of the elected candidates (both incumbents and new candidates) publicly support the restoration/addition of honors courses! We will be expecting quick and decisive action to get these five courses into the high school course selection guides in time for registration for the coming school year (2012-2013)! Registration begins as early as February/March 2012!
Election [...]
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Post Archive- Honors Issue and School Board mandate: Principals make their own interpretations?
- The School Board passed the restoration of Honors with an 11 to 1 vote!! Dan made the motion and it passed!
- Email Blast with our Partners at FAIRGRADE – URGENT ACTION NEEDED BEFORE MONDAY!
- Honors moves forward at first School Board Meeting of the year!
- The Countdown to Registration for 2012-2013 Course List Begins!
- Now we will see our ‘new’ School Board in action! Swearing In Ceremony is on Dec. 19th!
- ALMOST THERE! – CALL TO ACTION
- THINK YOU ARE GOOD WITH NUMBERS? CHECK OUT FCPS AP DATA AND TELL US WHAT YOU SEE!
- Congrats to Newly Elected School Board!
- GRASS ROOTS REVOLT LIKELY TO SHAKE UP FAIRFAX SCHOOLS – Wash. Post 10/28/11
