This happens in DC because parents don't know how to advocate for themselves. The ones who do are getting what they want or go to charter schools, so they don't care.
What I don't understand I why Henderson is getting a free pass and Rhee didn't. Teacher retention is a problem, test scores are abysmal, and morale is at its lowest in DCPS. Where is the criticism of Henderson? The media is not covering the negative aspects of her time here. Why? |
Washington Post no longer has a journalist like Bill Turke to cover schools in the same way. |
1. Because Kaya is more palatable (nicer) than Rhee. So her flaws aren't as loud and obvious. 2. Because of the spin. Kaya & Co manipulate & force school leaders to manipulate data (under threat of dismissal) so her work looks good. 3. Many parents, not knowing any better, are satisfied because their kids are being passed along. When your kid brings home straight As, you're too busy being proud to realize you and your kid are being scammed. If you're not a very educated parent yourself and have to trust the schools, you don't realize your child can't perform on grade level or compete with peers in other systems. You also don't question why your honor roll student isn't proficient on state tests. And you feed into the 'teacher's fault' game when your child fails because he doesn't do his work. |
All parents fall into this myth, what are they going to say "no my child really is a C or D student?". Whatever happened to the students at the school were there was cheating, showing categorically that the students didn't earn the grades that they did on the DC CAS. Did they retest all those students and offer them support services and remediation, someone should really look into this because my bet is that they didn't and are still struggling. |
You & I both know passing kids along would not fly in the suburbs. But yeah someone really needs to look into the goings on of DCPS |
Someone should organize a protest. Stand in front of Wash Post headquarters and demand they cover what's happening in DCPS. They are ignoring all true stories about the school system. Residents in this city need to know the truth. |
Thank you. Eye-opening. Thanks for your hard work and commitment. |
Does teacher experience still match this thread from several years ago? At least from what I can see my kids (1st and 2nd grade) are getting a good education in a racially integrated DCPS public school. But we are already thinking about middle school. No way I want to let them near what the teacher is describing here. But I also am not seeing any of this at the elementary school level...though I realize it starts to appear later probably. |
What school? They aren't all the same by a long shot. |
That teacher is describing a high school. I've worked in several high schools in DC. They are all different. Go visit and you'll see right away if= the school reflects the teacher's description. |
Unannounced and at end and start of day. Walk those halls, find out how many other folks walking them too |
I'm the teacher who posted that. I taught at a "Bottom 40" high school. Unless you send your kids to a Bottom 40 middle school, you likely won't see much of what I described. |