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[quote=Anonymous]I think people who work for DCPS ARE serious about educating kids. However there is only so much that one can do when you are being told what to do by politicians and business people rather than educators. Teachers who try to put the kids first have hell to pay. Meanwhile, those who are content to play the game and "look busy" get the accolades. A change needs to come to DCPS and soon. [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to the point of the topic, I hope Kaya's departure will put an end to the nonsense that goes on in DC. Central Office is very much aware of the very real problems in the schools. They simply choose to pretend and play games to look good. Which wouldn't be so bad if they were putting their game face on for the public but still working hard to improve the schools and culture behind the scenes. NOPE! As long as they can manipulate data to look good in front of the camera, that's all they're worried about. Sad! In the meantime, the kids in DC are getting screwed.[/quote]

I guess I just don't see how Kaya's departure is going to help with the issue of the central office.  Do you REALLY think that Bowser is going to hire someone who is willing (and has a mandate) to shake up the central office more than has already been done?  No way.  Honestly, I am more worried about backsliding.  [/quote]

I agree that there's not likely to be too much of a difference. Kaya is being replaced by someone she's trained to carry on her initiatives. Kinda like Kaya replacing Rhee only to carry on her initiatives. She simply did it in a nicer way. Impact and all the other "blame the teacher" rhetoric is all Rhee.

So if Bowser keeps Davis, it will likely be much of the same. Unless Davis is a person of integrity who is serious about improving schools for all kids. There's always the possibility he's been playing nice with Kaya, doing what he could without rocking the boat but secretly wishing he could do more. On the other hand, Bowser did say she's not married to the idea of bringing in someone who will carry on Kaya's ways (I'm paraphrasing). So she may be planning to take things in a different direction. She may very well want to put an end to all of the foolishness and game playing so that the schools at all grade levels will be palatable to ALL parents.

And I don't think Central Office needs too much of a shakeup. But the system as a whole has got to become serious about EDUCATING kids.

If Bowser was so in love with Kaya's ways, she'd keep her on (if it was Bowser's idea to get rid of her) or do whatever it takes to get her to change her mind about leaving (if it was Kaya's idea). I think Bowser's ready for the BS to end as well.

I don't think Rhee/Henderson has been a total flop. They were able to get a lot done (because of the mayoral control which gave them the latitude to do so...the school board was another hot corrupt mess that kept DCPS down for so long) and they did some good. Now they need someone to come in and clean up the bad they've done.

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