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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]America you have been sold down the river in regard to education.  The achievement gap will never be closed because, for the most part, we refuse to acknowledge its existence.  Oh yes, we read about it in the metro section but if your kid has low test scores what do you really do about it to augment what the school already does?  Do you really make sure he/she is not sitting in front of the television or computer?  No.  How about where they go on the weekend or who they hangout with?  Do you really know your kids friends?  And this is a biggie......how stable is your family?  Yes, it's important.  If you're a  single parent and feel all good about yourself you shouldn't.  You should be constantly on guard because your child is even more at risk.  Also, if you had a kid just to have a kid...to fill a void...well then shame on you.

Worst part?  Because we live in an area that has a great of 
ethnicity anything that's said is turned into a political theater.  I don't care if you're white. black. red, green, or purple.  Raise your kids.   [/quote]

Don't agree with all said here but, didn't see outrage that DC CAS was too easy when it was obvious it was or the fact that DCPS grades still include participation not mastery. What happened to those children that were at the schools that cheated, did they ever get intervention or help considering that they didn't actually pass the assessments. What about Rhee telling teachers that students could not fail!!!  What about assessments being created to measure teacher by testing students, what about the lack of a curriculum that is still being written and is based on children being at "grade level", what are the programs and resources for those chronically below grade level  - are schools implementing these programs with fidelity?[/quote]

All that's way beyond Henderson's pay grade.  She says she cares about those children, but she can't do anything about their plight, so she just has an image makeover every so often, and learns to  effectively delivery lines like "The scores are very sobering" -- and everyone thinks,  "Wow, she really cares about the kids!"[/quote]

Does your blind stupidity, hate and rage make incapable of even  believing she cares about kids? Disagree with her policies all you want, but when you personalize it to this degree you hobble the credibility of those who have different ideas and opinions and make a conversation about some very complex issues nearly impossible.  But I guess it is easier for you to just say "she doesn't care" or "she has ulterior motives." Then you don't have to consider or think about anything she says. [/quote]

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