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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure that $1200 for family of four is realistic in downtown DC OP, I think that is the message here.[/quote]

It's what I currently pay, hence I am not moving (and other reasons too, which are no-one else's business but are very valid).  But really, it's beside the point.  What's at issue here is a system that lets down the majority of the kids in the city and provides for those whose parents are rich enough to be IB for a good school and/or lucky enough to win a lottery.  [/quote]

Which came first: good schools, or engaged, motivated, educated parents?

This poster suggests good schools first, but the timing of higher test scores vs property values suggests the second.

If the entire teaching staff at Mann were moved to the lowest performing school in the district, I suspect test scores at both schools would barely budge.[/quote]

Then why does the whole of Rhee and DCPS's current model rest on it being all related to teachers not economics or parents. I don't recall everyone being up in arms about the Rhee/Henderson reform model when it was implemented, only comments about lousy teachers hence lousy test scores. Seems we are all changing our tune now : ([/quote]

Right.  I think some of us were hoping against common sense and previous research, that they'd be right -- better teachers would do the trick.  certainly the young, energetic reformers were very sure of themselves and were backed by the Washington Post and the newly elected mayor Fenty who won with overwhelming city-wide support.

We're "changing our tune" because our experience with this experiment  shows it  did not work.  Up to now, their wacky experiment mainly affected teachers.  Now it's affecting kids.  Your kids.[/quote]

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