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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  The title of the post was rude and a little inflammatory. I apologize. Poor choice of words. I started this thread, not to pit charter and DCPS but because there seems to be a double standard when it comes to not so stellar test scores from DCPS Title I schools. Take JO Wilson as an example, only because I saw some recent no-so-flattering comments about the school.  The test scores are on par with some of these charters.  24% ELA and 35% math. Yet, when someone wanted feedback about the school, everyone jumped on the poster saying it was a terrible school and never to enroll their child there. Why?  It seems to have some pretty good programs too.  It's not just JO Wilson but you can plug in a lot of DCPS Title I schools that are doing just as well, if not better than these HRCS like Marie Reed, Barnard, Thomson.  Yet, when anyone suggests enrolling their child at one of these schools, you get the most negative feedback.  Why?  And why are the waitlists for these other schools into the hundreds?  [/quote]

Are you new to DC or just an idiot?  You can't start a post like this and not expect it to be an us vs them war. People like you are the problem with education in the city. If you want to help, educate about the pros of your school, don't shit on the cons of others.

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In what world would a loving parent choose JO Wilson, Marie Reed, Barnard, or Thomson over schools like Two Rivers, Cap City, LAMB, and Yu Ying?

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Hmmm. My kid is at Marie Reed. I like him well enough, and I'm not the only Ivy grad parent there. We haven't done the lottery in years. I find the teaching to be quite strong, and we have little faculty turnover. I'd prefer my child to have credentialed teachers with some experience, and maybe a master's degree, as opposed to a TFA newbie with 5 weeks of training. Richard Barth, CEO of KIPP, and his wife, TFA head Wendy Kopp have their 4 kids in a [b]regular, non charter, public school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan[/b], with unionized teachers, most of whom have the master's degrees that NYC Schools require. In my profession, we call that revealed preference.[/quote]

yeah, well, i'd love to see a comparison of those schools vs. many of the DCPS schools.[/quote]

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