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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10:58:  You hit the nail squarely on the head!!!!  Time for Henderson to be shown the door.[/quote]

So leave Dunbar "as is"?!?...   b/c they're doing such an outstanding job currently.  :roll: [/quote]

Teachers and administrators are in an impossible situation, if they don't improve test scores "have students score proficient" on the DC CAS, they are closed down anyway or have to at least dismiss the principal and staff and have an outside agency takes over. There is NO acknowledgement by DCPS nor the Obama administration, that it is not a level-playing field. Those of us who work at the least proficient and most troubled high schools are working ourselves into the ground with no support, only blame that it is "the teachers fault." Teachers west of the park get financial rewards and have little incentive to move to the troubled schools because they know that they would not be deemed a "highly-effective" teacher dealing with the myriad of problems these children bring to school everyday. As others have said, you need to acknowledge that children come to school with different needs and "track" accordingly; stop punishing teachers and administrators that work in the most difficult schools. Someone has to work with this population; most of the successful teachers choose to do so and do it well and they deserve our support and encouragement not derision. [/quote]

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