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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love this thread, honestly if you all leave that’d be great. Hopefully we could have smaller class sizes and children would get more help once they are back in person. 
And you’d get in person eqrly in another state or private, win win.[/quote]

Neat. You have no idea how funding works.[/quote]

This. But truthfully, many DCPS teachers would love it if the families with higher expectations who advocate for their children would just leave. Then they could go back to teaching a community who doesn't ask for standards these teachers can't meet before UMC families flocked to DCPS. These teachers don't care if the majority of their students can't even pass basic proficiency tests. They're pushing to eliminate testing so there's no proof of their poor performance.[/quote]

I think you have no idea how funding works. You think all wealthy people have children? DCPS will get money regardless and if it's really lacking the mayor will finally have to tax her precious donors more.

And no sweetie, those families don't have higher expectations, I used to be a highly effective teacher in W3 but I couldn't deal with the covert racism from some families. Those kids are MUCH easier to teach then children going through real trauma. When you are facing abuse, poverty, seeing abuse, etc. it's harder to focus on school. I have a lot more work cut out for me here because I have to really built rapport with families to convince them to get the help they need.

It's hard to build rapport with families who are blatantly racist. I'll never forget the parent who's daughter was mixed like me but was white passing. She asked the principal if her daughter could leave my class and when the principal enquired why she said, 'She's a great teacher but I'd rather my daughter have a teacher who looks more like her.'

You guys aren't as important as you think you are, the reason why some children fail is because many teachers don't know how to deal with this level of trauma, they don't know how to build that home to school connection, etc. The funding isn't the only factor, DCPS actually has a high funding rate per pupil but doesn't invest in developing teachers.

Try again.

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