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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It really seems like Council has given up on trying to improve education in DC.  I get wanting to retain teachers, but there seems to be little in these proposals that even considers impacts on children (let alone parents).  But I guess the goal is to just have warm bodies in the schools; there's no goal to improve what kids are learning (or not).[/quote]

Parents and children are not an organized constiuency in DC. MCPS is not great but at least in MoCo they know there are limits.

In DC, the majority of parents are poor and have little political capital. In W7 and W8 you need union support to get elected, parents do not matter.

In W3 parents have bitten the bullet and are generally OK with their schools or have been thoroughly acculturated to the notion that if they don’t like it, they move or go private.

In W6 the parents with potential political capital who stick it out in DCPS have the express belief that their child does not actually need to be educated (yes, they say this) so they are not going to challenge the status quo. Eventually they go private or move.

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