Data indicate worsening early literacy progress and widening achievement gap among District students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In person school also creates inequitable outcomes for blacks and hispanics.

Yes, so let's do something worse!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The schools need a plan to get these kids back up to speed to where they're supposed to be. There is a lot of lost time to make up.

cancel DCPS, put them all in KIPP and Rocketship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:closing schools is disproportionately hurting minority students, per the Post story:

"At the beginning of the current academic year, the number of Black children who met the literacy benchmarks dropped by 14 percentage points, to 31 percent. For White students, it dropped 6 percentage points, to 67 percent.

Latino students dropped 12 percentage points, from 42 percent of students passing the exam to 30 percent."

Attention: WTU.

[Anonymous]

I work as a nurse case manager at one of the DC Medicaid MCO health plans.
I call and see (in person via home visits) Medicaid members (i.e. their parents) all day and connect them with healthcare providers, resources etc.

People, this is a crisis situation for the poor kids in our city.

There are thousands of kids who are not getting any education. They are logging in maybe once every 2 weeks. If that. Many have never logged in once. Their last
instruction was in March 2019.

The thing is, no one really cares. The kids are poor and most are black and no one cares. Their teachers say they do, but they don't.
The mayor says she does but ultimately she doesn't. The upper NW white people (I am one) say they do but they certainly don't really care.

This is a massive tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In person school also creates inequitable outcomes for blacks and hispanics.

Yes, so let's do something worse!

....go back in person and potentially kill their teachers while we're at it?

[Anonymous]

Can we have vouchers now? So I can afford private school? And my kids can actually learn something?

[Anonymous]

Prior poster.
Last instruction was March 2020 (of course).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In person school also creates inequitable outcomes for blacks and hispanics.

Yes, so let's do something worse!

....go back in person and potentially kill their teachers while we're at it?

Just get a tiny bit of understanding that there's a massive space between "getting at risk kids back into classrooms" and "killing teachers."

This line is so tiring at this point.

[Anonymous]

Well, duh. It's a pandemic. It will take a few years to right the ship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we have vouchers now? So I can afford private school? And my kids can actually learn something?

Private schools are also in DL and their parents are making the same complaints -- also not enough room for everyone anyway. Vouchers don't solve larger societal problems, they just make for profit education corporation owners rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In person school also creates inequitable outcomes for blacks and hispanics.

Yes, so let's do something worse!

....go back in person and potentially kill their teachers while we're at it?

Just get a tiny bit of understanding that there's a massive space between "getting at risk kids back into classrooms" and "killing teachers."

This line is so tiring at this point.

+1,000

People act like the rest of DC Govt isn't open (libraries, pools, rec centers, gyms)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In person school also creates inequitable outcomes for blacks and hispanics.

Yes, so let's do something worse!

....go back in person and potentially kill their teachers while we're at it?

Sounds like you havent been paying attention to the news. Schools are open around the country. Some have been open for in-person instruction since August. The data coming out of them is good -- really good. Schools are showing lower infection rates than their surrounding communities.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/coronavirus-schools-children.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/schools-arent-superspreaders/616669/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/feared-covid-outbreaks-in-schools-yet-to-arrive-early-data-shows/2020/09/23/0509bb84-fd22-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we have vouchers now? So I can afford private school? And my kids can actually learn something?

Private schools are also in DL and their parents are making the same complaints -- also not enough room for everyone anyway. Vouchers don't solve larger societal problems, they just make for profit education corporation owners rich.

I'm not aware of any private school in DC that doesn't have at least some in-person instruction.

I don't like vouchers, but I like my children not getting an education A LOT less. If public school teachers are going to be completely unreasonable, and effectively ban children from getting an education, parents should be able to go elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work as a nurse case manager at one of the DC Medicaid MCO health plans.
I call and see (in person via home visits) Medicaid members (i.e. their parents) all day and connect them with healthcare providers, resources etc.

People, this is a crisis situation for the poor kids in our city.

There are thousands of kids who are not getting any education. They are logging in maybe once every 2 weeks. If that. Many have never logged in once. Their last
instruction was in March 2019.

The thing is, no one really cares. The kids are poor and most are black and no one cares. Their teachers say they do, but they don't.
The mayor says she does but ultimately she doesn't. The upper NW white people (I am one) say they do but they certainly don't really care.

This is a massive tragedy.

I do care but I really don’t get what I, as a parent, can do to change this. I am really unhappy with the current situation but feel voiceless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, duh. It's a pandemic. It will take a few years to right the ship.

For some teh ship won't ever be righted - too much time lost. Ships in most of the country, including NYC, are being righted, just not here.