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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I still think that the charter schools in DC are experimental, and I prefer to not have my children serve as someone’s guinea pigs.  We did not choose a charter school because the benefits simply do not outweigh the risks.  You made a different choice for your child.  Whether or not you agree with my opinion is of no consequence to me.

Btw, there will always be people who are dissatisfied with their educational options, as long as they perceive others as having more than them.  So you need to give up the utopian ideal that we’ll all be satisfied once we have “equal school funding.”  
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Equal funding is [b]not[/b] a utopian idea at all. It is DC law and DC needs to once and for actually follow the law.

As for experimental schooling, you are nuts because many of DCPS experiments with fuzzy math, fuzzy reading, and fuzzy discipline have had disastrous results for many DCPS students! You may have it good in your school, but that is not the case for many DCPS students.[/quote]

Sticks and stones.  Equal funding is a utopian ideal.  Even if every school (DCPS and charter) were funded exactly the same, down to the penny, some schools will still receive way more money.  Why?  Because those schools will have wealthier families who are willing to contribute big bucks so their child/school gets more of whatever is important to them.  Blame it on the capitalist society we live in.

I would never say that every DCPS school is good—not by a long shot.  I wouldn’t enroll my dog in the vast majority of schools in DC, public or private.  Yes, my children do have it good in their school, and we work damn hard (by contributing time and money) to make sure it stays that way.  And having said that, we still don’t expect our “wonderful” DCPS to provide everything our children may need.  If we detect any deficiencies, we provide the extra time, tutoring and enrichment to remedy the situation.  No one cares more about our children’s education than us—and that is how it should be.  This may sound cold (and I don’t care), but my primary concern is for the health, education and welfare of my own children.  If DCPS is violating the law, you should try to bring them to justice.  Posting on DCUM isn’t going to get you there hun. 
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