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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The charters aren't test-in or selective. Why does public need to be?

I think the poster who mentioned the power of "word of mouth" marketing hit the nail on the head.  Some of these schools which have excellent potential and already impressive programs (such as Eastern) have a real marketing problem when it comes to a lot of Hill families.[/quote]

We need a public test-in middle school in order to stop the flight to the charters. DCPS is heading in a direction where it will only be able to fill 2-3 high schools, even though we have overflowing elementaries. College-educated families worry that their children will arrive at college unprepared for the work, due to the need for the schools to teach to the middle of extreme high and lows in DCPS. They bail out around middle school when they realize that their child will never really be taught grammar, spelling, a foreign language or higher math at the rate they are going. Charters currently stand in for magnet-type schools. Fight fire with fire and there will be space for lots of bright students in DCPS and DCPCS.[/quote]

Kaya will never see it that way unless the Council gives DCPS it's own chartering authority, leaving DC with three underperforming systems.  Look at the millions DCPS has thrown at modernizing high schools.  It is not going to walk away from institutions that are historically held in high regard by the AA community.  Baby steps.[/quote]

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