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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello 50 point achievement gap at its.[/quote]

Isn't it always bad at ITS? I know it was last year.[/quote]

Yes, it was last year too. Families have been vocally upset about it, administration also, and [b]one of the principals transitioned to a new position this coming school year focused on access, culture, and equity. We'll see...[/b][/quote]
Sounds like an Onion article. I hope more is being done than move a manager to focus on flashy words. Hiring (a lot) more (well-trained!) professionals for pullouts? Expanding school hours/calendar? Free academic-minded school days out programming? *healthy* *nutritious* meals at school? Parent education on screentime? More social workers and actual programs that social workers can use to help at-risk students' families with? Alternatives to social promotion? 
Sure, implicit bias trainingmight be necessary, but it won't be enough to raise PARCC scores.[/quote]

And to add: the need for more than flashy words isn't specifically a dig to ITS but to all schools struggling to support their at-risk kids and to parents asking for cheap nonsense instead of costly inprovements and investments.[/quote]

Sorry, that's Improvements. 
Also: when you think of what is actually needed to improve test scores, why would you blame one school?  No one school can come up with the money for this. It's on dcps. And if dcps cannot find the money to expand the school day, school year, availability of pullouts, and everything needed, then it's on the City. Judging schools on their achievement gaps is a big thing on these forums but it makes little sense. There is no magic formula. They just need a bigger pie.[/quote]

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