Last night’s open house at ITS

[Anonymous]

^^ ITS parent here who definitely considers the teacher training program a huge draw. Not just early childhood but EVERY classroom has two full teachers. The classroom resident, in our experience, has extensive life experience and a BA and in some cases even a Masters - just not yet in teaching. Very few other schools - except with partnership with teaching residency programs like Urban Teachers and Center for Inspired Teaching - have two teachers in each elementary classroom. To bring down the teacher:student ratio so much allows incredible support for all kids.

[Anonymous]

I found the qualitative report another interesting source of information about the classroom experience.

http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/report/Inspired%20Teaching%20QSR%20fall%202015%20-%20revised_Redacted.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This entire 'social justice' line of conversation is ridiculous. Seriously. The school looks very diverse to me and every school in the city has its own strengths and weaknesses. Can we get back to talking academics?

Sure. White kids do ok on PARCC at ITS, but not as well as at other charter or DCPS schools with similar demographics.

Kids who are not white do a bit worse than they do at schools with similar demographics.

What am I missing? What other charter school has similar demographics and has better performance amongst white students? I guess two rivers is 2 points higher. They have been around twice as long as Inspired, no? I am a black parent FWIW. I do wonder how schools like Eaton, Shepherd, Hearst and Stoddert do so well with the white/black gap.

http://www.empowerk12.org/parcc-schools.html can answer this for you. Among white students, the charter schools that do better than IT among white students are Latin, DCI, Two Rivers, and BASIS. But the kids at IT do fine and I would be fine sending a kid there.

The charters that have higher scores for black students in grades 3-8 are several campuses of DC Prep and KIPP, Friendship Chamberlain, DCI, and Early Childhood Academy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire 'social justice' line of conversation is ridiculous. Seriously. The school looks very diverse to me and every school in the city has its own strengths and weaknesses. Can we get back to talking academics?

Sure. White kids do ok on PARCC at ITS, but not as well as at other charter or DCPS schools with similar demographics.

Kids who are not white do a bit worse than they do at schools with similar demographics.

What am I missing? What other charter school has similar demographics and has better performance amongst white students? I guess two rivers is 2 points higher. They have been around twice as long as Inspired, no? I am a black parent FWIW. I do wonder how schools like Eaton, Shepherd, Hearst and Stoddert do so well with the white/black gap.

http://www.empowerk12.org/parcc-schools.html can answer this for you. Among white students, the charter schools that do better than IT among white students are Latin, DCI, Two Rivers, and BASIS. But the kids at IT do fine and I would be fine sending a kid there.

The charters that have higher scores for black students in grades 3-8 are several campuses of DC Prep and KIPP, Friendship Chamberlain, DCI, and Early Childhood Academy.

Basis is lower than ITS.

Composite scores:
Hearst 91.4%
Stoddert 89.7%
Stuart Hobson 89.7%
Oyster 87.9%
Lafayette 85.8%
Mann 85.7%
SWW High 85.2%
Janney 85%
SWS 84%
Murch 82.7%
Key 82.3%
Latin middle 82.1%
Brent 79.6%
Two Rivers 79.4%
Deal 78.7%
ITS 77%
Basis 76.9%
Mundo Verde 68.6%
Creative Minds 66.7%
SWW @ Francis 65%
Wilson High 64.8%
YY 63.8%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire 'social justice' line of conversation is ridiculous. Seriously. The school looks very diverse to me and every school in the city has its own strengths and weaknesses. Can we get back to talking academics?

Sure. White kids do ok on PARCC at ITS, but not as well as at other charter or DCPS schools with similar demographics.

Kids who are not white do a bit worse than they do at schools with similar demographics.

What am I missing? What other charter school has similar demographics and has better performance amongst white students? I guess two rivers is 2 points higher. They have been around twice as long as Inspired, no? I am a black parent FWIW. I do wonder how schools like Eaton, Shepherd, Hearst and Stoddert do so well with the white/black gap.

Composite scores:
Hearst 91.4%
Stoddert 89.7%
Stuart Hobson 89.7%
Oyster 87.9%
Lafayette 85.8%
Mann 85.7%
SWW High 85.2%
Janney 85%
SWS 84%
Murch 82.7%
Key 82.3%
Latin middle 82.1%
Brent 79.6%
Two Rivers 79.4%
Deal 78.7%
ITS 77%
Basis 76.9%
Mundo Verde 68.6%
Creative Minds 66.7%
SWW @ Francis 65%
Wilson High 64.8%
YY 63.8%

Mixing high schools with an elementary/MS that only has enough students to report 3rd and 4th grade scores is pointless.

Feel free to compare what you want with what’s given (I posted all schools that have the data in the city). What equivalent charter is doing remarkably better than ITS?

To continue, here are the schools' black performance. I imagine that you're equally outraged at the even higher gap with schools like Brent, Maury, Hobson, Two Rivers, Mundo Verde, Murch, and Creative Minds right? To be clear, I am not an Inspired Parent, but I have seen more flyers in my neighborhood in ward 8 from Inspired Teaching than almost any other charter mentioned on these boards. It's weird that when a school starts to become "good" it gets heavily criticized on DCUM. I think the gap with white and black is something that needs to be addressed citywide, but it's not fair to point out one school when it's something that everyone struggles with.

Composite scores:
Hearst 50%
Stoddert n/a
Stuart Hobson 18%
Oyster n/a
Lafayette 50%
Mann n/a
Janney n/a
SWS n/a
Murch 38.6%
Key n/a
Latin middle 30%
Brent 27.8%
Two Rivers 26.5%
ITS 28.5%
Mundo Verde 29.8%
Creative Minds 15.9%
SWW @ Francis 29.5%
YY 37.4%
Cap City 21.7%
Stokes 32%
Bridges 17%
Maury 22.2%

Yup. Pretty much. You have to take anything said about a Tier One with a grain of salt because they attract a league of haters almost immediately.

[Anonymous]

Regarding teachers, anyone aware of a story involving a Hearst teacher having an affair with parent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regarding teachers, anyone aware of a story involving a Hearst teacher having an affair with parent?

This is an Inspired Teaching thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire 'social justice' line of conversation is ridiculous. Seriously. The school looks very diverse to me and every school in the city has its own strengths and weaknesses. Can we get back to talking academics?

Sure. White kids do ok on PARCC at ITS, but not as well as at other charter or DCPS schools with similar demographics.

Kids who are not white do a bit worse than they do at schools with similar demographics.

What am I missing? What other charter school has similar demographics and has better performance amongst white students? I guess two rivers is 2 points higher. They have been around twice as long as Inspired, no? I am a black parent FWIW. I do wonder how schools like Eaton, Shepherd, Hearst and Stoddert do so well with the white/black gap.

Composite scores:
Hearst 91.4%
Stoddert 89.7%
Stuart Hobson 89.7%
Oyster 87.9%
Lafayette 85.8%
Mann 85.7%
SWW High 85.2%
Janney 85%
SWS 84%
Murch 82.7%
Key 82.3%
Latin middle 82.1%
Brent 79.6%
Two Rivers 79.4%
Deal 78.7%
ITS 77%
Basis 76.9%
Mundo Verde 68.6%
Creative Minds 66.7%
SWW @ Francis 65%
Wilson High 64.8%
YY 63.8%

Mixing high schools with an elementary/MS that only has enough students to report 3rd and 4th grade scores is pointless.

Feel free to compare what you want with what’s given (I posted all schools that have the data in the city). What equivalent charter is doing remarkably better than ITS?

To continue, here are the schools' black performance. I imagine that you're equally outraged at the even higher gap with schools like Brent, Maury, Hobson, Two Rivers, Mundo Verde, Murch, and Creative Minds right? To be clear, I am not an Inspired Parent, but I have seen more flyers in my neighborhood in ward 8 from Inspired Teaching than almost any other charter mentioned on these boards. It's weird that when a school starts to become "good" it gets heavily criticized on DCUM. I think the gap with white and black is something that needs to be addressed citywide, but it's not fair to point out one school when it's something that everyone struggles with.

Composite scores:
Hearst 50%
Stoddert n/a
Stuart Hobson 18%
Oyster n/a
Lafayette 50%
Mann n/a
Janney n/a
SWS n/a
Murch 38.6%
Key n/a
Latin middle 30%
Brent 27.8%
Two Rivers 26.5%
ITS 28.5%
Mundo Verde 29.8%
Creative Minds 15.9%
SWW @ Francis 29.5%
YY 37.4%
Cap City 21.7%
Stokes 32%
Bridges 17%
Maury 22.2%

Yup. Pretty much. You have to take anything said about a Tier One with a grain of salt because they attract a league of haters almost immediately.

These numbers are great! Why are people down on Its? It can’t be because they are popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire 'social justice' line of conversation is ridiculous. Seriously. The school looks very diverse to me and every school in the city has its own strengths and weaknesses. Can we get back to talking academics?

Sure. White kids do ok on PARCC at ITS, but not as well as at other charter or DCPS schools with similar demographics.

Kids who are not white do a bit worse than they do at schools with similar demographics.

What am I missing? What other charter school has similar demographics and has better performance amongst white students? I guess two rivers is 2 points higher. They have been around twice as long as Inspired, no? I am a black parent FWIW. I do wonder how schools like Eaton, Shepherd, Hearst and Stoddert do so well with the white/black gap.

Composite scores:
Hearst 91.4%
Stoddert 89.7%
Stuart Hobson 89.7%
Oyster 87.9%
Lafayette 85.8%
Mann 85.7%
SWW High 85.2%
Janney 85%
SWS 84%
Murch 82.7%
Key 82.3%
Latin middle 82.1%
Brent 79.6%
Two Rivers 79.4%
Deal 78.7%
ITS 77%
Basis 76.9%
Mundo Verde 68.6%
Creative Minds 66.7%
SWW @ Francis 65%
Wilson High 64.8%
YY 63.8%

Mixing high schools with an elementary/MS that only has enough students to report 3rd and 4th grade scores is pointless.

Feel free to compare what you want with what’s given (I posted all schools that have the data in the city). What equivalent charter is doing remarkably better than ITS?

To continue, here are the schools' black performance. I imagine that you're equally outraged at the even higher gap with schools like Brent, Maury, Hobson, Two Rivers, Mundo Verde, Murch, and Creative Minds right? To be clear, I am not an Inspired Parent, but I have seen more flyers in my neighborhood in ward 8 from Inspired Teaching than almost any other charter mentioned on these boards. It's weird that when a school starts to become "good" it gets heavily criticized on DCUM. I think the gap with white and black is something that needs to be addressed citywide, but it's not fair to point out one school when it's something that everyone struggles with.

Composite scores:
Hearst 50%
Stoddert n/a
Stuart Hobson 18%
Oyster n/a
Lafayette 50%
Mann n/a
Janney n/a
SWS n/a
Murch 38.6%
Key n/a
Latin middle 30%
Brent 27.8%
Two Rivers 26.5%
ITS 28.5%
Mundo Verde 29.8%
Creative Minds 15.9%
SWW @ Francis 29.5%
YY 37.4%
Cap City 21.7%
Stokes 32%
Bridges 17%
Maury 22.2%

Yup. Pretty much. You have to take anything said about a Tier One with a grain of salt because they attract a league of haters almost immediately.

These numbers are great! Why are people down on Its? It can’t be because they are popular.

Oh yes, yes it can.