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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Why all the animosity toward DCPS and teachers?"

Because we have or had kids in the DC schools systems. The dumbing down is not a hypothetical policy question to us. .

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So what are you doing about it?[/quote]

Really it is the schools' job to improve themselves and not the parents job! And DCPS will continue to lose students as long as they do not improve themselves.[/quote]

+1! DCPS is losing the brightest and the weakest students. The brain drain -- at both the top and the bottom -- is undeniable. When a student reaches a certain point, often the minimum 16 years of age, s/he begins to ask herself "why am I here?" The traditional answer -- "because everyone else is still here" -- makes no sense if the student is smart enough to ace a GED and go to a local college. It also makes no sense for a student who is not learning anything at all. Hence, DCPS has a tragically low high school graduation rate because the students aware enough to ask the question ultimately choose to leave. That's why Algebra II and higher math courses are so crucial. Raising the bar gives the room for growth to give students one more reason not to walk away. The only people who might argue against higher mathematics, IMHO, are those incapable of imagining that DCPS students could do the work or that DCPS teachers could teach the courses ... or maybe those who can't do the work themselves. :?: [/quote]

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