DCPS Deputy Chancellor Resigns
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Anonymous
What has dynamically changed in DCPS since she came to central office? Lower expectations for grading and graduation? No change in PARCC scores? Don’t act like she was some revolutionary change at central office. |
Anonymous
| Huh, I was working in DCPS when Melissa Kim was principal of Deal. She always seemed really normal to me and she turned Deal around into the desirable school it is. She may not be a great leader now (?) But she was then, so it makes me give her a lot of benefit of the doubt. |
Anonymous
Michelle Rhee was terrible , but I never saw her and Melissa Kim as cut from the same cloth. Just because they came up at the same time? They had totally different trajectories. Or because they are both Asian? They seem like night and day to me, why are people conflating them? |
Anonymous
No idea. I don't know anything about Melissa Kim. I posted that in response to a positive comment about Rhee. Michelle Rhee and Kevin Johnson should never be rehabilitated. |
Anonymous
Parents should demand more on behalf of teachers. This was wild. I know that optimal teaching conditions are learning conditions too. DC parents should help them get a contract. If you disagree think about the conditions you want your students to learn in and the standard you set. Parents should rise up and help pressure Mayor Bowser as she funds the police and principals to Fund and truly support teachers. |
Anonymous
| The podcast scratched the surface and conflated some issues that should stand alone. The issue of high-stakes accountability is not the primary contributor to Melissa Kim's chosen behavior as a leader. |
Anonymous
what a joke. are teachers fighting for academic standards? |
Anonymous
Teachers are fighting for more money without accountability. So, not so much. |
Anonymous
Teachers are not the ones who came up with the low academic standards like students not having to turn in work and still receiving a 63, ensuring there is no true penalty for not doing anything. Teachers did not create the lax attendance policy. It’s not our fault, but you still don’t think we deserve a contract? The teachers who teach your children don’t deserve a contract? Why do you bother to send them to public school? |
Anonymous
| ^^ because these are the parents who can’t afford private ☺️ |
Anonymous
| The loss of Melissa Kim is a loss for DC students and families. |
Anonymous
That was embarrassing. |
Anonymous
Why? How much has DCPS improved since she got a high paying job at central office? |