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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The DC teachers union should be ashamed of itself - it is to blame that we have so much dead wood and underperforming, lackluster teachers taking up spots in DCPS. DCPS is not resource poor - it is energized teacher-poor.[/quote]

I think central office/the curriculum/leadership is more to blame. They set the (low!) expectations. I've really loved all of our DCPS teachers and they have privately told me how frustrated they are not to be able to meet the needs of advanced students.[/quote]

Neither Central nor the WTU is alone in this. Take a look at DCUM and see how many parents posters still whine about Michelle Rhee when any rational human know she put us on the right path with tough love and hard medicine. Liberal guilt is also to blame. [/quote]

Actually any rational human with critical thinking skills knows that Michelle Rhee is actually a complete imbecile who dismantled teaching in DCPS but nice try. She thinks teachers should only teach 5 years before finding a new career to keep fresh teachers coming in...everyone in education knows this is the most insane idea ever. It takes teachers about 5 years to finally find their groove. New teachers are lost years 1-3 as they find their footing....she's the mastermind behind the complete disaster known as IMPACT.[/quote]

I don’t agree with Michelle Rhee on everything, but there is no question she is almost single-handedly responsible for UMC buy in to DCPS. No UMC parent in the district who knows anything at all about the recent history of public education in DC is ever going to fall for what I can only imagine is WTU recycled talking points that even WTU has largely given up on. [/quote]

It has nothing to do with the union. Good teachers leave DCPS because neighboring districts are simply better. DCPS doesn’t even provide basic needs for teachers like… paper. People go to MCPS all the time bc MCPS doesn’t have Impact (a third grader clicking through answers on a survey should not determine a teacher’s worth… thanks, Michelle Rhee)…. Teachers needs should be met…. Admin in almost every school is terrible… there are so many problems within DCPS. You’re looking in the wrong places and justifying the wrong people.[/quote]

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