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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School performance in DC is abysmal and has gotten much worse since the pandemic.  DPCS's own data shows that vast majority of students are below grade level on literacy and math.

The City Council held an oversight hearing with DC school officials last week and I could not find a single instance during the 12 hours where a council member challenged one of the officials for their complete failure to educate the city's students.

http://dc.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=8136

Most of the questioning was about budgeting, and the rest was about council members' individual pet projects and hobby horses.  Nothing about the overall failure that is DC public education.

Particularly insulting was that after DM Kihn (7:39 of the video) gave a whole opening statement about how wonderful DCPS is, no one called him out on his obvious dishonesty.  Hey Paul, bragging about DCPS's giant spending totals doesn't show how great schools are.  It shows how bad you are at your job.  If all that money were well spent, then DC schools would be among the best performing in the country.  They are instead among the worst.[/quote]

I know Kihn. Smarmy and shameless. [/quote]

Don't his kids go to private schools?? [/quote]

I would expect so.[/quote]

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