Montgomery May Delay Grading Changes Some Teachers, Parents Complain About PolicyComplaints about a grading policy introduced this fall has prompted Montgomery County school board members to consider postponing further implementation.
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Figuring out what is going on in your schools is not always easy. The accounts children bring home, though colorful, may not be entirely accurate. Notes sent home get lost. Neighborhood chatter is unreliable.
To help, Post staff writer Jay Mathews, who has been covering schools for 22 years, will answer a reader question each week -- or maybe two or three if they are easy ones.Extra Credit Archive
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Homeroom Column Column May be Ending, but Push to Improve Schools Will Go On
For five years, the back-to-school edition of Montgomery Extra has signaled the resumption of Homeroom, a forum in which readers and I have discussed all kinds of issues related to education, from heavy backpacks to reading research.
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