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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And it simply is not entirely true. DCPS had done an amazing job of poaching top teachers from charters and other districts around the country to work for them due to the salary. The progress is not just being made with white students, but students who travel to better schools from across the city are also benefiting from better teachers. For some reason teachers get blamed when things do not go well, but are not credited when things go well. There are teachers who have 60-70%  of their classes reading on or above grade level. We won't see these results until the kids reach testing grades but there is progress that is being made as long as parents do not pull these children out to put them in charters or high performing schools. Teachers in Title 1 schools just can't seem to win. [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]So, who do people actually want?  What would an ideal candidate be?[/quote]

I know my suggestion won't be popular -- least of all with the person I'm suggesting -- but I think Abigail Smith should be considered. I can't defend her entire track record, but I think she has dealt with the system long enough to know what can and should be fixed.

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you're brave to post that here ;-)

She would be worth considering but I don't see it after the boundary review fallout[/quote]

She is and was an effective leader that took on an issue that needed to be dealt with after 40 years. But think about it. She was Mayor Gray's deputy. Wrong team.[/quote]

So was Kaya[/quote]

Anyone think she was forced out?[/quote]

Yes

From Bowser:

[i]"Without a doubt, DCPS is a very different place today than it was when Kaya joined our school system in 2007. DCPS is the fastest improving urban school district in the country. After decades of decline, DCPS has also seen consistent, annual enrollment growth since Kaya became Chancellor—growing from 45,000 students in 2010 to nearly 49,000 students this year. While we will miss Kaya, we can all be proud of her team and her tenure as the second longest-serving leader of DCPS."[/i]

She's getting dragged down on multiple fronts.  She likes and believes this ^^ story but knows the ending is a clunker.[/quote]

She'll never just say -- 'DC is getting wealthier and whiter and that explains most of our gains . . . oh, and by the way, that unconscionable achievement gap was like that when I got here.' [/quote]

+10  Finally, someone who gets it.  She can't really take credit for the academic gains.  DC has experienced a growth in educated class of people, nit just white people.  More educated parents tend to have children who perform better in school.  However, it just would not be PC to say that the only reason that DCPS is improving is because of whites moving into the city.  It sends the message that white people are better than everyone else.[/quote][/quote]

It's true that there's something else going on in Title 1 schools besides "bad teachers". In fact, I think teachers in the Title 1 schools should receive extra pay for all they have to deal with. Additionally, the extra pay would be an incentive for teachers who've gotten comfy in their performing schools to go into those schools.

My one bone of contention with your post deals with DCPS poaching top teachers. the reality as we know is that they don't stay long at all. the turnover rate is insane. dc needs to do more to attract good school leaders with integrity who do not mistreat teachers. some of the things i've heard (and seen) at a few of the schools would make your hair stand on end. I can't believe some of those principals still have jobs! What's worse is that Kaya is aware of the bad behavior of one principal in particular. There have been complaints, lawyers, near law suits and investigations. Yet he remains in his post while other principals have been let go of for much less.[/quote]

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