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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are some teachers and a small group of parents who are VERY VERY angry at DCPS.  Then there are others who see things that could be improved.  The V.V. Angry people place all blame on the mayor, but don't really have any comprehension of how changing mayoral control would solve any of the problems.  They are just mad.  It's like the people that were so mad that there was a Black president that they voted for Trump.  It's not like he solved any problem at all, but that vote satisfied their need to "stick it to authority" or something.[/quote]

You’re missing some key parts of the puzzle. The people behind “End Mayoral Control” are the ones who are very unhappy about educational reforms that allowed for charters in DC and accountability for DC teachers, in the form of standardized assessments (PARCC) and IMPACT, which rates teachers on their effectiveness. These are seen as outgrowths of mayoral control and other reforms accelerated by Fenty/Rhee. One big unhappy group is the WTU.

The other piece of the puzzle is the mayor race. CM Robert White is running against Bowser and is using “end mayoral control” as a way to gain points against her by hand-waving about what a terrible job she is doing.

So yeah - If you want to go back to the days when we had no charter options, no way to measure the effectiveness of instruction, and no way to fire bad teachers … end mayoral control![/quote]

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