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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ACPS teacher here (hopefully not one of the "deadweight" ones).  There seem to be many calls to throw out the school board, overhaul the whole system, etc. What are some specific proposals that you'd like to see implemented? Here are some suggestions that I think would make a difference:  expand summer school; hire more reading/math/EL/SPED specialists and assign them to individual schools; lengthen the school day; provide funding for great classroom libraries (this is in the works); stress the importance of choice in reading and move away from a focus on reading levels; and reduce class size.

Alexandria is an incredibly diverse city with a school population with a wide variety of needs. There are some children that live in such chaos that completing an assignment is the last thing on their minds. Other children come to my fourth grade class midyear not speaking a word of English.  We teachers (and administrators) face difficult instructional choices.

What can you do? Donate great books to your local school. Volunteer through the Alexandria Tutoring Consortium. Join the PTA. Start up an after-school program to provide a supervised time for kids to read, do math, or play chess. I am incredibly lucky to have a retired teacher help me in my classroom every week as a volunteer. The kids love her, and she is a much better teacher than I am!  [/quote]

Thank you for weighing in!  I'm very curious as the parent of a pre-schooler in Alexandria... what do you think is the core of the problems we face in Alexandria as someone on the front line?  Is it an issue of demographics? Is it management? Is it impossible to run such a small school district well?[/quote]

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