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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My primary reaction to these scores is concern - and dismay.  DC/DCPS really needs to figure out how to help all the students in DCPS.  There are so many schools with scores below 10%, the MS in Ward and have 1-2% of the students tested proficient at grade level in reading and math and I think none or almost none are advanced.  That means less that [u]less then 10 students[/u] in grades 6-8 enrolled in DCPS in Ward 8 tested as on grade level.  [b]We as a city are failing to educate these kids[/b].  The difference between white and black,  white and Hispanic, the haves and the have nots  in D.C. is staggering.  I know this has been a focus of DCPS for some time but whatever they are doing is not working. I know this is nothing new (unfortunately) but it just makes me so mad and also sad.  I know people who work in these schools who try so hard and are so frustrated and discouraged by these scores.  I really want to know if there are [b]urban school systems that managed to turn around a significant number of struggling schools[/b].  It just feels impossible yet we as community need all of our children to be educated.

I just think the schools that are really struggling should be of more concern.[/quote]

That'a Michelle-RHee - phony school-reform talk.  Forget it.  Schools don't fail children.  Parents do - and sometimes it's because that cards are stacked against them.  Schools aren't
"turned around" -- society is.   It takes a while, especially if you've wasted years punishing teachers and expecting miracles instead.[/quote]

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