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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In that case will we now see it's not just the teachers teaching that will get his or her scores up but the assistance of an active parent. Then again some parents aren't able to help their children with homework etc. so what happens then. I myself remember a little Algebra etc. but still pay for a tutor for my child. What I'm trying to say is that it's more to just getting a highly effective teacher in a low perfoming neighborhood, who knows what goes on in a child home, which could effect their learning. [/quote]

Given that you seem to think teacher quality doesn't make much of a difference, why on Earth are we bothering to get certified teachers in these inner city schools, anyway?  Why not just save some cash, and pick up a bus full of "teachers" every morning from in front of the Home Depot?[/quote]

Teacher quality makes a difference, and teachers know they can be more successful with kids who have help at home.[/quote]

...or with kids who are from wealthy families.  Or kids whose mother has a high level of educational attainment.  All this is well-known.  I'm just puzzled that the counter-argument is inevitably "Sure we can try to get effective teachers into these struggling schools, but that will only have a relatively small impact compared with "Solving Entrenched Social Problem A".

Personally, I'd like to see a mandatory national minimum wage of $50k, as that would do more than any other thing to improve educational outcomes (along with everything else).  Maybe someday that will happen.  Maybe it won't.  But DCPS will not be solving that particular set of problems.[/quote]

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