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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The big push from DCPS is for an instructional leader. They want someone who will increase the number of AA and Hispanic students who take AP classes. My impression was more kids in AP classes will close  the achievement gap, according to dcps. [/quote]

DCPS said it puts the highest priority on instruction one of the six qualities they look for in school leaders.  The issue around disparities came up when a parent asked about where Cahall had failed.  The % of students of color in AP classes is just ONE of many metrics that show the ongoing achevement gap at Wilson - it's not the only metric.  DCPS staff also said that they would share the historical data they looked at so that we as parents could see for the data points for ourselves.

I don't have a problem with trying to increase participation in AP classes.  I do have a problem with saddling a new prinicpal with meeting a goal (closing the achievement gap) that virtually no other jurisdiction has been able to figure out how to significantly improve. This is a problem that has existed forever.  It was a huge issue for me as an AA parent in deciding to enroll my kids at Wilson.  Things have worked out far better than I anticipated but this issue of disparities is one that needs to be addressed.  It would be valuable if DCPS could show parents credible examples of promising strategies that have worked in other places.  And these strategies have to work but not at the expense of other students.

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Agree PP. I posted about DCPS pushing AP classes, and I don't see that as closing the achievement gap. I don't have a magical answer about how to improve disparities. It is very difficult at the HS level to try to get students caught up if they are behind. And I completely think it's unreasonable to think a new principal will be able to magically close this gap. It is a complex issue. [/quote]

It's completely stupid and if they are don't know that by now, they are in total denial and Wilson and DCPS is in real trouble.  It's like being on a death march.  Can someone confirm that DCPS actually expects a new principal to narrow the achievement gap by getting more minority kids into AP classes in hs?

Perhaps some clever Wilson parent who has the data and knows statistics can show how this is impossible and a disservice to the Wilson community to use the students in this doomed experiment[/quote]

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