Betsy DeVos and Vouchers - Yes!!!

[Anonymous]

^^^ What about my kids? What about your kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yeah, tell me why I want vouchers. Below, from the "Stuart Hobson teacher quits" thread. How are you limo liberals in upper-NW doing this afternoon? Why don't you take the opportunity to lottery your kid into SH and then tell me how vouchers suck.



[Post New]12/10/2016 09:59 Subject: Stuart Hobson teacher quits [Up]
Anonymous



I teach at a DCPS elementary school (5 years).

There is no classroom management strategy that can replace effective mental health intervention. In some cases, this intervention should also be clinical and ongoing.

I have had seven year olds tell me they were going to punch me, stab me, kill me, rape me. I've had others express horrible recollections of abuse they have either been subjected to or witnessed. In other cases I've experienced generally overwhelmed families that have a cornucopia of financial challenges (paying multiple co-pays for disabled children or parents while also working two or three low paying jobs)

Interestingly enough, the demographic makeup of the school where I teach is similar to SH. The majority of our families on FARMS are actually not the families we have the most behavioral problems with.

Teachers and police are in a similar boat; we are hired to do our jobs but are compelled to triage severe mental health problems beyond both our training and scope. I've personally seen teachers be kicked, punched, threatened by parents with mental illnesses, and nothing be done by administrators.

DCPS needs to take a hard look in the mirror at spending priorities on mental health supports if it truly seeks to serve all children in the city and provide safe working environments for teachers.

Those same kids will be in poor terrible private schools using vouchers. Only bad schools will take the vouchers.

[Anonymous]

^^^^ Again, what about my kids? What about your kids? Why is the focus always on the bullies and belligerents, and never on helping victims? What about the victims who cause no harm????

[Anonymous]

Bring on the vouchers and the education spending accounts!!! Let DC thrive as a magnet to those who want quality education in a safe environment. DCPS is good money after bad, and it has run its course into the ground.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-and-congress-have-a-lot-of-power-to-make-changes-in-dc-schools/2017/01/28/a7d29f04-c224-4ae5-91d1-6987f6176872_story.html?utm_term=.3f1db855d888

[Anonymous]

Savvy District parents want vouchers to clear out the low income trouble makers from primo DCPS schools like Wilson... right? You send thousands of DCPS kids to charters, the UMC white and Asians will control the prime DCPS buildings.

[Anonymous]

^^^ Could you explain this further or was that sarcasm?

[Anonymous]

Never thought that US K-12 education can get any worse. So, now I feel vindicated that my children have followed the curriculum of other countries for years.

Let the gap become a gulf now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bring on the vouchers and the education spending accounts!!! Let DC thrive as a magnet to those who want quality education in a safe environment. DCPS is good money after bad, and it has run its course into the ground.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-and-congress-have-a-lot-of-power-to-make-changes-in-dc-schools/2017/01/28/a7d29f04-c224-4ae5-91d1-6987f6176872_story.html?utm_term=.3f1db855d888

Nope. There are 1000s of DCPS and charter parents with children thriving. We will fight tooth and nail to ensure that ALL schools in DC are high quality. That will mean new DC laws imposing equal oversight on private schools, along with strict private school licensing requirements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Savvy District parents want vouchers to clear out the low income trouble makers from primo DCPS schools like Wilson... right? You send thousands of DCPS kids to charters, the UMC white and Asians will control the prime DCPS buildings.

go away racist. savvy district parents have kids thriving in our diverse schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bring on the vouchers and the education spending accounts!!! Let DC thrive as a magnet to those who want quality education in a safe environment. DCPS is good money after bad, and it has run its course into the ground.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-and-congress-have-a-lot-of-power-to-make-changes-in-dc-schools/2017/01/28/a7d29f04-c224-4ae5-91d1-6987f6176872_story.html?utm_term=.3f1db855d888

Nope. There are 1000s of DCPS and charter parents with children thriving. We will fight tooth and nail to ensure that ALL schools in DC are high quality. That will mean new DC laws imposing equal oversight on private schools, along with strict private school licensing requirements.

Then why aren't you fighting for that now? The current voucher program in DC makes NO requirements on the private schools that use the vouchers. And so many of the schools are truly awful. Data on the schools is not publically available. Some don't have working bathrooms.

Anyone who actually cares about all students in DC is not in favor of the voucher program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bring on the vouchers and the education spending accounts!!! Let DC thrive as a magnet to those who want quality education in a safe environment. DCPS is good money after bad, and it has run its course into the ground.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-and-congress-have-a-lot-of-power-to-make-changes-in-dc-schools/2017/01/28/a7d29f04-c224-4ae5-91d1-6987f6176872_story.html?utm_term=.3f1db855d888

Nope. There are 1000s of DCPS and charter parents with children thriving. We will fight tooth and nail to ensure that ALL schools in DC are high quality. That will mean new DC laws imposing equal oversight on private schools, along with strict private school licensing requirements.

Then why aren't you fighting for that now? The current voucher program in DC makes NO requirements on the private schools that use the vouchers. And so many of the schools are truly awful. Data on the schools is not publically available. Some don't have working bathrooms.

Anyone who actually cares about all students in DC is not in favor of the voucher program.

I totally agree -- this is something we should have been fighting for before. Let's do it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bring on the vouchers and the education spending accounts!!! Let DC thrive as a magnet to those who want quality education in a safe environment. DCPS is good money after bad, and it has run its course into the ground.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-and-congress-have-a-lot-of-power-to-make-changes-in-dc-schools/2017/01/28/a7d29f04-c224-4ae5-91d1-6987f6176872_story.html?utm_term=.3f1db855d888

Nope. There are 1000s of DCPS and charter parents with children thriving. We will fight tooth and nail to ensure that ALL schools in DC are high quality. That will mean new DC laws imposing equal oversight on private schools, along with strict private school licensing requirements.

Then why aren't you fighting for that now? The current voucher program in DC makes NO requirements on the private schools that use the vouchers. And so many of the schools are truly awful. Data on the schools is not publically available. Some don't have working bathrooms.

Anyone who actually cares about all students in DC is not in favor of the voucher program.

That sure as heck isn't DCPS that cares about all students. They don't provide safe environments and have lobbied against meaningful anti-bullying laws. If you care about students in DC and actually live here with kids, you sure as heck would want a voucher to be in a real school where one can learn in a safe environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bring on the vouchers and the education spending accounts!!! Let DC thrive as a magnet to those who want quality education in a safe environment. DCPS is good money after bad, and it has run its course into the ground.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-and-congress-have-a-lot-of-power-to-make-changes-in-dc-schools/2017/01/28/a7d29f04-c224-4ae5-91d1-6987f6176872_story.html?utm_term=.3f1db855d888

Nope. There are 1000s of DCPS and charter parents with children thriving. We will fight tooth and nail to ensure that ALL schools in DC are high quality. That will mean new DC laws imposing equal oversight on private schools, along with strict private school licensing requirements.

Then why aren't you fighting for that now? The current voucher program in DC makes NO requirements on the private schools that use the vouchers. And so many of the schools are truly awful. Data on the schools is not publically available. Some don't have working bathrooms.

Anyone who actually cares about all students in DC is not in favor of the voucher program.

I totally agree -- this is something we should have been fighting for before. Let's do it now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/29/gop-house-passes-d-c-private-schools-voucher-program-again/?utm_term=.e40ae13afa4e

Congress is in charge of this so let's all call our Representatives and Senators and fight to fix it ... oh wait. I guess we each need to call EVERY office in Congress. Get on it!

[Anonymous]

So what is the incentive for private schools to admit voucher students? How many slots are there now for these students in DC private schools? How will that change if/when there are federal requirements or oversight attached to that money? Without requirements or oversight, how are these schools held accountable for how they spend those tax dollars? Will those schools be required to support kids with special needs as per IDEA?

[Anonymous]

First wrap your head around the concept, then get the details worked out. Otherwise throw your hands in the air and say nothing is possible.