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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]PP, It's about not even getting the basics right at dcps - poor choices of curriculum and textbooks, lack of emphasis on the right things (like phonics), and misguided approaches like differentiation which do not work and only drag everyone down to the level of the weakest link in the classroom. There are many lessons to be learned from the past and from other schools, as to which things work and which things do not work, but instead everyone in the public school system seems to want to rely on the latest vogue educational fads and fluffy feel-good studies by academics. But, the reality is that what's "new" isn't necessarily what's better, and regional and longterm performance and results demonstrate that quite clearly. [/quote]

NP here.

PP, you have a lot of opinions, but it's important to note that they are just that, personal opinions. You can't back up claims about phonics or differentiation and you're not qualified to judge what works and what doesn't. How do I know this? Because anyone who actually works in education knows that there are no simple answers and people like you, who think you know it all, make it harder for the serious people to create and implement the kind of innovative solutions that are needed if we are really to make a difference in schools.

Yes, you're entitled to your overly simplistic opinions, but please stop trying to sound like a professional, because it is quite clear that you are not.[/quote]

I can't speak for any other posters here, but you don't have to be a mechanic to know when you have a flat tire, you don't have to be a weather man to know which way the wind's blowing.  But it seems glaringly obvious that many DCPS defenders don't even know that their tire's flat, there's nothing but denial, defense of the system, attack of any alternatives, and refusal to change anything.  It shows up in thread after thread - this one, the anti-Charter attacks, the Rhee attacks, and so many others.

So tell us, where IS the innovation?  What IS your proposal?  Who ARE these supposed "serious" people?  Parents have waited for a solution for years, waited, waited, waited, and  waited - and nothing.  And now, more and more of them have given up and have gone to charters, gone to privates, gone to the suburbs instead, because your grand innovation has failed to materialize.

If you want them back, you have to EARN them back.  Here's your big chance - tell us all what it is that we "simplistic" people don't know - tell us all what this grand innovative solution that will make a difference is, and maybe you can earn them back.[/quote]

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