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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a staff member- but close friends with one.  I used to be more critical of Central Office, but after hearing first hand the amount of work being done in that organization- I am much less critical.  There is still a lot of chaos- but it seems to come from the very top.  It is a government agency... and there are definitely annoying issues facing them because of that. But a huge percentage of that workforce is extremely dedicated to the mission of educating all our DC students.  My friend works longer hours than anyone I know, believes in her work to the core of her being, and doesn't get paid nearly enough for this effort. They deal with many situations that have no good answer. They make decisions knowing they will be criticized extensively by one group or another- and praise is infrequent at best.  Central Office is consistently the villain in the story- and teachers the heroes.  She loves what she does- but I can't imagine her spending a lot of years working in that environment.[/quote]

The only thing DCPS is extremely dedicated to is closing schools and not working for as long as humanly possible[/quote]

Basically yes, the teachers union is in the way of educating kids and keeping the achievement gap from growing.  Is there no scope to innovate?  Why couldn't the kids learn outside under pop-up tents this fall, wearing jackets?  That's happened in many European countries.  Here, unthinkable simply because the union said so.  Our empathy for teachers is going to steadily trail off in this City if they won't return to classrooms. [/quote]

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