Antwan Wilson to be announced as new Chancellor

[Anonymous]

Apparently Bowser bypassed the search's advisory committee, keeping it in the dark about Wilson
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/20844624/inside-the-mayors-secretive-search-for-schools-chief

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently Bowser bypassed the search's advisory committee, keeping it in the dark about Wilson
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/20844624/inside-the-mayors-secretive-search-for-schools-chief

That's exactly why I didn't attend any of the dog and pony shows for the community to voice their opinions.

[Anonymous]

Dispense with all the foolishness about race and degrees. Just educate me on his accomplishments. I get tired of hearing about graduation rates-that just means telling teachers not to fail kids and suspension rates-do not put students out, no matter how disruptive they are in school. If he comes with this notion that you can educate special needs students with regular education ones, than I am heading to Montgomery County. The Mayor is not capable of vetting any candidates for any position with the government. It is appears that she is just looking for some one that can be controlled and Mr. Wilson seems like the fine. Again, just give me the real evidence of Mr. Wilson's ability to improve educational outcomes of all students. Let's be mindful that President -elect Trump's son is looking for a good school/system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Maybe. This is just another Kaya. She might as well had stayed. Overpaid and under qualified. It's the DC way!"


+1 million

Should we start taking bets on whether his [b]writing abilities are as bad as the Wilson principal's?

[b]

Is this a joke posting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dispense with all the foolishness about race and degrees. Just educate me on his accomplishments. I get tired of hearing about graduation rates-that just means telling teachers not to fail kids and suspension rates-do not put students out, no matter how disruptive they are in school. If he comes with this notion that you can educate special needs students with regular education ones, than I am heading to Montgomery County. The Mayor is not capable of vetting any candidates for any position with the government. It is appears that she is just looking for some one that can be controlled and Mr. Wilson seems like the fine. Again, just give me the real evidence of Mr. Wilson's ability to improve educational outcomes of all students. Let's be mindful that President -elect Trump's son is looking for a good school/system.

But he will not be attending Public schools so it doesn't matter.

[Anonymous]

Wow! Can some one provide me with Mr. Wilson's accomplishments before I contact my Ward 3 Repres. Ms. Cheh's office about the lack of transparency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a white, middle-class (lower middle by DCUM standards) parent of two DCPS students and it is obvious to me, and should be obvious to everyone who lives in this city, that the Chancellor's top priority MUST be closing the achievement gap and educating the children who still make up the majority of this district. It turns my stomach to think that most readers of this forum think otherwise--that providing test-in middle school is more important.

I'm not saying that middle schools in DCPS are fine the way they are. I don't want to send my kids to their by-right middle school. But I'm not foolish enough to think that our little problem ought to take attention away from the way more serious issues that face the 75 percent of DCPS students who are poor and have fewer options.

1) Research says the achievement gap gets solved by other social services and policy, not by schools. But, hey, why not put the burden on schools because that sure seems convenient?

2) The achievement gap should be closed by boosting the achievement of the low-performers, not holding back the high performers.

3) Wilson has only had 3 (combative) years as a superintendent and the results aren't in yet. There are surely more proven candidates out there for this high profile job.

Red herring for everyone!!!

1) It actually says it isn't solved exclusively by schools. It doesn't say schools aren't part of the solution. See what you did there?

2) Not mutually exclusive concepts. You can improve low performers and create more opportunities for others on the top end. Of course, resources are scarce and sometimes you have to make short term priorities at the expense of either things. You'll get more bang for your buck on the lower, more populous end. Plus one might argue there's a moral imperative to do so if you have to choose. But what I think the PP was reacting to was the typical DCUM crap that acts like the new hire has only one job - middle schools for gentrifiers, without regard to or mention of the bigger problems of facing the schools.

3) Actually, the results that have been reported are in. And they speak well for him. But I guess it is easier to just complain, huh? Can you please tell us who the rock star, magic bullet candidate is? I guess that's a question for all of you sitting in the cheap seats throwing stones. Name someone!

But here's what I wonder about people like you: when you post that kind of intellectually dishonest crap, do you do it intentionally or are you just a simple minded twit that cannot actually see anything but what's in front of your eyes? If the former I guess I can respect you. But I fear you're actually just a sheltered dim wit who has no idea that governing a managing a diverse city takes trade offs and choices.

+1 this is an excellent flame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Can some one provide me with Mr. Wilson's accomplishments before I contact my Ward 3 Repres. Ms. Cheh's office about the lack of transparency.

You can just contact her about that alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Can some one provide me with Mr. Wilson's accomplishments before I contact my Ward 3 Repres. Ms. Cheh's office about the lack of transparency.

You can just contact her about that alone.

+1.

I been reading online about his year and a half in Oakland, and his main accomplishment seems to have been to antagonize parents and teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just spent an hour reading local news reports on Wilson from Denver and Oakland. My strong concern is that the narrow focus of his career has been to boost charter enrollment to improve test scores for low SES kids. A friend in CO tells me that she moved to the Denver burbs partly because he and his team proved inept on MS reform there. I'd much rather have seen a Chancellor come in from a city doing a good job drawing high SES families to neighborhood schools, and retaining most of them through HS. DC has missed an opportunity to import mature talent from Chicago, Boston, Houston, Dallas, Miami, or NYC.

This man is clearly not the Chancellor to introduce the test-in programs DCPS desperately needs to fill by-right middle schools in gentrifying areas, expensive-to-maintain buildings that sit nearly 3/4 empty, supporting student populations that are more than 3/4 OOB. McFarland, Jefferson Academy, Eliot-Hine and other by-right middle schools can't possibly turn around under this Chancellor. They have great potential, with spacious grounds and decent facilities, unlike the 5th-12th grade charters most of their in-bounds families flock to after 4th grade. Yet so many of their classrooms sit empty that ES populations camp out in them during renovations (Watkins at Eliot-Hine this SY with nearly 500 kids, Maury heading there next year with 400 kids).

Antwan Wilson is obviously the wrong Chancellor to provide the leadership, and make the policy changes, to fill neighborhood middle schools across the city, and, by extension, neighborhood high schools. This is no small matter for DC.

You are probably right that the needs of high SES families will not be his priority.

But that's because high SES families' educational desires and needs aren't the priority of the Mayor, the Chancellor or the DC political and business community that influences our government officials. Their only educational priority is to close the achievement gap and bring underperforming students closer to grade level proficiency. Doing this is the city's only hope of breaking cyclical poverty, and it's going to take significant investments in families, social services and jobs, not just schools.

What you want would have a negligible effect on that problem and thus isn't going to happen. City leaders are just as happy to have you move to the suburbs and sell your house to young professionals without kids or with babies who will use far fewer city services and pay the same taxes.

As for this candidate - how much credit should he get for rising test scores having been in Oakland a year? I'd give the credit - if its warranted - to whomever was his immediate predecessor.

High SES families complain b/c they want their school to help their already high performing child, perform even better. Wonder if there are any parallels to this and the today's modern white supremacists and nationalists feel whites who also feels the system is working against them despite whites owning most of the wealth and nearly all of the power in this country?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just spent an hour reading local news reports on Wilson from Denver and Oakland. My strong concern is that the narrow focus of his career has been to boost charter enrollment to improve test scores for low SES kids. A friend in CO tells me that she moved to the Denver burbs partly because he and his team proved inept on MS reform there. I'd much rather have seen a Chancellor come in from a city doing a good job drawing high SES families to neighborhood schools, and retaining most of them through HS. DC has missed an opportunity to import mature talent from Chicago, Boston, Houston, Dallas, Miami, or NYC.

This man is clearly not the Chancellor to introduce the test-in programs DCPS desperately needs to fill by-right middle schools in gentrifying areas, expensive-to-maintain buildings that sit nearly 3/4 empty, supporting student populations that are more than 3/4 OOB. McFarland, Jefferson Academy, Eliot-Hine and other by-right middle schools can't possibly turn around under this Chancellor. They have great potential, with spacious grounds and decent facilities, unlike the 5th-12th grade charters most of their in-bounds families flock to after 4th grade. Yet so many of their classrooms sit empty that ES populations camp out in them during renovations (Watkins at Eliot-Hine this SY with nearly 500 kids, Maury heading there next year with 400 kids).

Antwan Wilson is obviously the wrong Chancellor to provide the leadership, and make the policy changes, to fill neighborhood middle schools across the city, and, by extension, neighborhood high schools. This is no small matter for DC.

You are probably right that the needs of high SES families will not be his priority.

But that's because high SES families' educational desires and needs aren't the priority of the Mayor, the Chancellor or the DC political and business community that influences our government officials. Their only educational priority is to close the achievement gap and bring underperforming students closer to grade level proficiency. Doing this is the city's only hope of breaking cyclical poverty, and it's going to take significant investments in families, social services and jobs, not just schools.

What you want would have a negligible effect on that problem and thus isn't going to happen. City leaders are just as happy to have you move to the suburbs and sell your house to young professionals without kids or with babies who will use far fewer city services and pay the same taxes.

As for this candidate - how much credit should he get for rising test scores having been in Oakland a year? I'd give the credit - if its warranted - to whomever was his immediate predecessor.

High SES families complain b/c they want their school to help their already high performing child, perform even better. Wonder if there are any parallels to this and the today's modern white supremacists and nationalists feel whites who also feels the system is working against them despite whites owning most of the wealth and nearly all of the power in this country?

And that's wrong why exactly? Sure, it's lucky to be a kid who starts with advantages, but they still need and deserve an education! Are they supposed to go sit in school 7 hours everyday and not get something positive out of it?! How absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently Bowser bypassed the search's advisory committee, keeping it in the dark about Wilson
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/20844624/inside-the-mayors-secretive-search-for-schools-chief

That's exactly why I didn't attend any of the dog and pony shows for the community to voice their opinions.

It appears your skepticism was warranted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently Bowser bypassed the search's advisory committee, keeping it in the dark about Wilson
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/20844624/inside-the-mayors-secretive-search-for-schools-chief

That's exactly why I didn't attend any of the dog and pony shows for the community to voice their opinions.

It appears your skepticism was warranted.

Actually, no. When people don't participate it sends a message that no one is watching and government can do whatever they want. Your excuse for lack of participation is both silly and embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Why should there be any more transparency for thisbhire than the head of the district dept of transportation or the head of SMATA or anything else?

Under the law the mayor selects and the Council approves. Nothing new here folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why should there be any more transparency for thisbhire than the head of the district dept of transportation or the head of SMATA or anything else?

Under the law the mayor selects and the Council approves. Nothing new here folks.

Why put together and spend money on a search committee and all that?