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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't go through the whole thread but...has anyone pointed out that his kids have gone to Washington International since *before* he even got the job in 2018?  It's not like he sneakily enrolled them last May to get one over on the public school plebes.

If you think someone should have to have their kids in public school to be deputy mayor for education, ok.  But it's clear that isn't currently a condition of the job nor was it when he got hired.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/bowser-taps-new-deputy-mayor-for-education-from-outside-dc-schools/2018/09/24/9a7dfa04-c03e-11e8-90c9-23f963eea204_story.html[/quote]

From the article:
[quote]Kihn has written about his philosophies in education publications and blogs, arguing in a 2016 Education Week article that traditional public schools need to focus on specialties so that they can compete with charter schools. Each school, he wrote, cannot serve the needs of every student. He said in an interview that he is a proponent of the traditional school system but that in cities with robust charter systems, it’s important to examine how the role of neighborhood schools has changed.
“Districts remain the de facto operators of schools of last resort; they’ve got to specialize here, even at the expense of other work, if needed,” he wrote.
Kihn lives in the District, and his children attend Washington International School, a private school in Northwest Washington.
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Can we switch from talking about his kids to talking about his philosophy?  It’s even more troublesome.

Apparently DCPS should accept that it is a “school of last resort.”  Seems his expectation is crappy performance.[/quote]

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