Gun found at Wilson

[Anonymous]

I thought the general agreement about PARCC by DCUM is that, with a few notable exceptions, it is hard to educate students from hard/tough/poor/chaotic backgrounds. Integration by assignment does not solve the root problem.

And I will leave DC if anyone tells me to send my children to unacceptable schools with no other choice. And I do not live in Ward 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought the general agreement about PARCC by DCUM is that, with a few notable exceptions, it is hard to educate students from hard/tough/poor/chaotic backgrounds. Integration by assignment does not solve the root problem.

And I will leave DC if anyone tells me to send my children to unacceptable schools with no other choice. And I do not live in Ward 3.

Your choices -- work with other parents to improve yourneighborhood schools, get in by lottery to an OOB school or a charter. Save up for private. More to the suburbs.

That's more choice than many poor people have

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the general agreement about PARCC by DCUM is that, with a few notable exceptions, it is hard to educate students from hard/tough/poor/chaotic backgrounds. Integration by assignment does not solve the root problem.

And I will leave DC if anyone tells me to send my children to unacceptable schools with no other choice. And I do not live in Ward 3.

Your choices -- work with other parents to improve yourneighborhood schools, get in by lottery to an OOB school or a charter. Save up for private. More to the suburbs.

That's more choice than many poor people have

Not the PP, but I think you just made their point for them. They were saying if they had no choice (e.g., charter, lottery, OOB, etc.) But I applaud your effort to keep DCUM an inhospitable place where people snipe at each other even when they agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the general agreement about PARCC by DCUM is that, with a few notable exceptions, it is hard to educate students from hard/tough/poor/chaotic backgrounds. Integration by assignment does not solve the root problem.

And I will leave DC if anyone tells me to send my children to unacceptable schools with no other choice. And I do not live in Ward 3.

Your choices -- work with other parents to improve yourneighborhood schools, get in by lottery to an OOB school or a charter. Save up for private. More to the suburbs.

That's more choice than many poor people have

Not the PP, but I think you just made their point for them. They were saying if they had no choice (e.g., charter, lottery, OOB, etc.) But I applaud your effort to keep DCUM an inhospitable place where people snipe at each other even when they agree.

Poor people.have all.of those choices including opportunity scholarships and FA to privates. I am not saying its easy, but when was poor applied out of boundary and rode the bus there for free to drop child off.

[Anonymous]

This thread is depressing.

[Anonymous]

America you have been sold down the river in regard to education. The achievement gap will never be closed because, for the most part, we refuse to acknowledge its existence. Oh yes, we read about it in the metro section but if your kid has low test scores what do you really do about it to augment what the school already does? Do you really make sure he/she is not sitting in front of the television or computer? No. How about where they go on the weekend or who they hangout with? Do you really know your kids friends? And this is a biggie......how stable is your family? Yes, it's important. If you're a single parent and feel all good about yourself you shouldn't. You should be constantly on guard because your child is even more at risk. Also, if you had a kid just to have a kid...to fill a void...well then shame on you.

Worst part? Because we live in an area that has a great of
ethnicity anything that's said is turned into a political theater. I don't care if you're white. black. red, green, or purple. Raise your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lean on Me! #thatisall

Nowhere close.

Not being snarky. What does the above mean?

Movie in the late 80s. Inner city, very poor school on the verge of closing (think Ballou but worse). Kids dealing drugs, hardcore gangs, illiterate, teen pregnancy etc. Principal comes in to save school from shutting down. Strict, hardcore guy that also develops a soft spot for kids and earns their respect because he really cares for them. Locks up school to keep drug dealers from coming in. Great movie. Certainly not Wilson High.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lean on Me! #thatisall

Nowhere close.

Not being snarky. What does the above mean?

Movie in the late 80s. Inner city, very poor school on the verge of closing (think Ballou but worse). Kids dealing drugs, hardcore gangs, illiterate, teen pregnancy etc. Principal comes in to save school from shutting down. Strict, hardcore guy that also develops a soft spot for kids and earns their respect because he really cares for them. Locks up school to keep drug dealers from coming in. Great movie. Certainly not Wilson High.

Also, don't forget that it's fictional

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:America you have been sold down the river in regard to education. The achievement gap will never be closed because, for the most part, we refuse to acknowledge its existence. Oh yes, we read about it in the metro section but if your kid has low test scores what do you really do about it to augment what the school already does? Do you really make sure he/she is not sitting in front of the television or computer? No. How about where they go on the weekend or who they hangout with? Do you really know your kids friends? And this is a biggie......how stable is your family? Yes, it's important. If you're a single parent and feel all good about yourself you shouldn't. You should be constantly on guard because your child is even more at risk. Also, if you had a kid just to have a kid...to fill a void...well then shame on you.

Worst part? Because we live in an area that has a great of
ethnicity anything that's said is turned into a political theater. I don't care if you're white. black. red, green, or purple. Raise your kids.

Don't agree with all said here but, didn't see outrage that DC CAS was too easy when it was obvious it was or the fact that DCPS grades still include participation not mastery. What happened to those children that were at the schools that cheated, did they ever get intervention or help considering that they didn't actually pass the assessments. What about Rhee telling teachers that students could not fail!!! What about assessments being created to measure teacher by testing students, what about the lack of a curriculum that is still being written and is based on children being at "grade level", what are the programs and resources for those chronically below grade level - are schools implementing these programs with fidelity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:America you have been sold down the river in regard to education. The achievement gap will never be closed because, for the most part, we refuse to acknowledge its existence. Oh yes, we read about it in the metro section but if your kid has low test scores what do you really do about it to augment what the school already does? Do you really make sure he/she is not sitting in front of the television or computer? No. How about where they go on the weekend or who they hangout with? Do you really know your kids friends? And this is a biggie......how stable is your family? Yes, it's important. If you're a single parent and feel all good about yourself you shouldn't. You should be constantly on guard because your child is even more at risk. Also, if you had a kid just to have a kid...to fill a void...well then shame on you.

Worst part? Because we live in an area that has a great of
ethnicity anything that's said is turned into a political theater. I don't care if you're white. black. red, green, or purple. Raise your kids.

Don't agree with all said here but, didn't see outrage that DC CAS was too easy when it was obvious it was or the fact that DCPS grades still include participation not mastery. What happened to those children that were at the schools that cheated, did they ever get intervention or help considering that they didn't actually pass the assessments. What about Rhee telling teachers that students could not fail!!! What about assessments being created to measure teacher by testing students, what about the lack of a curriculum that is still being written and is based on children being at "grade level", what are the programs and resources for those chronically below grade level - are schools implementing these programs with fidelity?

All that's way beyond Henderson's pay grade. She says she cares about those children, but she can't do anything about their plight, so she just has an image makeover every so often, and learns to effectively delivery lines like "The scores are very sobering" -- and everyone thinks, "Wow, she really cares about the kids!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:America you have been sold down the river in regard to education. The achievement gap will never be closed because, for the most part, we refuse to acknowledge its existence. Oh yes, we read about it in the metro section but if your kid has low test scores what do you really do about it to augment what the school already does? Do you really make sure he/she is not sitting in front of the television or computer? No. How about where they go on the weekend or who they hangout with? Do you really know your kids friends? And this is a biggie......how stable is your family? Yes, it's important. If you're a single parent and feel all good about yourself you shouldn't. You should be constantly on guard because your child is even more at risk. Also, if you had a kid just to have a kid...to fill a void...well then shame on you.

Worst part? Because we live in an area that has a great of
ethnicity anything that's said is turned into a political theater. I don't care if you're white. black. red, green, or purple. Raise your kids.

Don't agree with all said here but, didn't see outrage that DC CAS was too easy when it was obvious it was or the fact that DCPS grades still include participation not mastery. What happened to those children that were at the schools that cheated, did they ever get intervention or help considering that they didn't actually pass the assessments. What about Rhee telling teachers that students could not fail!!! What about assessments being created to measure teacher by testing students, what about the lack of a curriculum that is still being written and is based on children being at "grade level", what are the programs and resources for those chronically below grade level - are schools implementing these programs with fidelity?

All that's way beyond Henderson's pay grade. She says she cares about those children, but she can't do anything about their plight, so she just has an image makeover every so often, and learns to effectively delivery lines like "The scores are very sobering" -- and everyone thinks, "Wow, she really cares about the kids!"

Does your blind stupidity, hate and rage make incapable of even believing she cares about kids? Disagree with her policies all you want, but when you personalize it to this degree you hobble the credibility of those who have different ideas and opinions and make a conversation about some very complex issues nearly impossible. But I guess it is easier for you to just say "she doesn't care" or "she has ulterior motives." Then you don't have to consider or think about anything she says.

[Anonymous]

What, might I ask, do the preceding posts have to do with a student bringing a loaded semi-automatic pistol into the high school?

[Anonymous]

It looks like a group of high school students were out robbing people near Wilson tonight. Two robbery attempts in AU Park with 8-10 14-16 year olds as suspects

[Anonymous]

According to the Washington Post, a group teenagers robbed someone at knifepoint at 44th and Davenport Streets and another person at 47th and Brandywine.

[Anonymous]

Appreheded? As I've said before I appreciate the sight of police cars blanketing Tenley and thats the way its got to be until the city finds the bravery of developing character within school - though I guess parents yell and scream when people start talking about concepts like right and wrong within the schoolhouse.better that kids just end up juvenile delinquents?