The MCPS superintendent will host a panel discussion of 'How Children Succeed.'
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, by Paul Tough, will be the focus of Montgomery County schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr’s first Book Club discussion of the school year Tuesday. Starr will host a discussion of the book at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Carver Educational Services Center, at 850 Hungerford Drive, in Rockville. The discussion will include questions from Montgomery County Public Schools parents, staff and students and community members for a panel of researchers and educators. In How Children Succeed, “Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control,” according to…
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Dr. Joshua Starr outlines his vision for public education in Montgomery County at the first "State of the Schools" address.
Montgomery County Public Schools are succeeding on many levels, according to Superintendent Joshua Starr, who hosted a lush "State of the Schools" address Monday. Starr and his 500 to 600 guests spent much of the morning at The Music Center at Strathmore revelling in the system's many gifts: The highest high school graduation rate of any large school system; scores of talented students excelling in music, visual art, science and math; and millions of dollars in college scholarship funds doled to graduates. Despite a history of success, it was clear that Starr's vision for the future of public education in Montgomery County is different than the past. The system's students are also different than the past—majority non-white and …
Starr to take the helm at MCPS on July 1.
Helping students become good, well-rounded people is equally as important as guiding them toward academic success, says incoming Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr. About 80 people attended a community forum at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville on Tuesday night, the first opportunity for the public to meet the new superintendent. Starr's first official day on the job is July 1. “Whatever kids do, they need to have more options when they leave us than when they came in ...,” said Starr, who has three children of his own with wife Emma. “You need to try different things and there’s not one way of looking at it.” The county should use a variety of criteria for assessing student success rather than …
