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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]72% of eastern kids are at risk but only 37% of them actually live in boundary. 
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DP but now you want to carve out the Wilson IB kids that go private, and also carve out the at-risk Eastern kids that aren't IB?  You have to realize every time you make a stretch like this you're proving PP's point, right?  The enrolled populations are not similar.[/quote]

Nobody said they enrolled populations are similar.  The IB populations are similar!  That’s the whole point!  DCPS, and by extension Mr. Brown, didn’t/don’t care that so many people on the Hill find their IB HS so subpar as to not attend it.[/quote]

This. I don’t give a hoot about Ward 3 having a marginally higher average income than Ward 6, the fact is that both school/IB populations are comprised of the very rich and the very poor. This principal has a demonstrated track record of [b]not understand or not caring about one of those populations[/b]. [/quote]

That's one way to put it. I mean, it is intellectually dishonest, but it is one way to put it. In framing it that way you ignore that the IB populations don't mirror the enrolled populations and he's catering to the kids actually enrolled. [/quote]

Those kids are also enrolled in Wilson, friend. That’s the whole point of the concern. [/quote]

Your reply makes no sense. The enrolled populations are not similar. I have already explained to you that 70%+ of Eastern are at-risk. 22% of Wilson are. [/quote]

And those 22% are who this principal will care about. That’s. The. Whole. Point. [/quote]

Why do you think this? Because he's black? At Eastern he focused on the majority enrolled population. He blew off people who weren't enrolled. That's. The. Whole. Point.[/quote]

No, I think they because he showed zero interest in people’s real concerns about advanced offerings for high achieving students and because he’s tight with DCPS, whose #1 priority is closing the achievement gap, and has already been making changes to weaken Wilson’s academics. [/quote]

"He's tight with DCPS"? HE WORKS FOR DCPS genius. Do you really think DCPS (or any employer) is going to hire a President of a division whose management vision and goals diverge from the C Suite?

Also, you said the quiet part out loud when you said "[b]people's[/b]" real concerns. I guess the parents who don't share the same concerns aren't people?

If you believe that Wilson is lowering the bar and weakening standards (and there is certainly evidence to that effect) then perhaps you and your buddies ought to focus that ire on Central and the Mayor and not on the Principal. Although a tall, dark skinned black man sure does make an easy target as the face of the lowered standards, even if he wasn't there when they began.[/quote]

Shutting down the conversation with misplaced accusations of racism does nothing useful. I’m going to ignore you on that because it’s annoying and no one can actually get to any salient points with that type on nonsense.

Back on topic:

Will this principle only care about low performers and inflating grades through watering down the curriculum with progressive teaching philosophy?

Will the prospect of weakened academics, and specifically that perception from local wealthy or UMC parents, frighten away them away or push away to oss who would send their kids to the school? It’s pretty clear they actually drive this schools’ increase in testing scores and the better scores in general for dc public schools in the last few years.

Basically, you can decry gentrification or this and that. But really without these wealthy, caring parents who really stress education, the schools will just slide in the rankings. Progressive education policy weakens the curriculum. Ap for all? Altering grading patterns, less of an emphasis “on the correct answer” for math…it’s obvious. So is this school going to see a lot more of that from this principle?

Those are the bare truths. That’s it. If you can’t talk about that then I’m sorry.
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Thank God you are not the new "principle"[/quote]

Lol.

This thread is so dumb. There are a bunch of parents here who are rightly concerned that a principal at a failing school will push similar progressive policies and pander to the lowest denominator at his new school. [b] Rather than working with the UMC parents and appealing to their needs, you know, the folks who have demonstrably made DC schools better, there is concern this principal will cause wealthy parents in that school district to abandon the school. It’s a valid concern.[/b]

Instead of debating that it’s easier to just accuse anyone who says it of racism and cal it a day. Have a great 20 more pages of the same bs! Peace out dudes.[/quote]

Wowza the ego on you!  :roll: [/quote]

NP. It’s really not ego. Our own mayor touts the “gains” made by DCPS, which really just translate to wealthy folks enrolling in DCPS schools and putting up with DCPS’s non-stop efforts to dumb things down. [/quote]

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