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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Citywide schools do not = charter. Charters are wholly separate from city administration. I would like to see more experimentation within the DCPS structure, like magnet schools. STEM focused schools, gifted and talented programs etc. Locate these programs in schools that are under enrolled and offer to in bound families as well as OOB. To some degree this is already being done wth language immersion and a couple of Montessori programs, but I’d like a more diverse offerings. [/quote]

It would be good to see citywide DCPS/noncharter multicultural/socioeconomically/racially and ethically diverse magnet schools that are STEM focused as well providing dual language/international programs (not necessarily immersion) that offer exposure to French, Mandarin, and Arabic and maybe Russian, Portuguese, and Japanese (forgot the name of the prominent Ethiopian language and a major East Indian language.  Science programs need to go beyond teaching about the environment and nurture toward a love of science and technology kids where they may one day want to take chemistry and physics. Math training should get kids excited about math and show its relevance to the world and the future. Expose kids to state the art technology. Let kids build something technical and learn how to code to make it operate.  Some families want schools that will prepare the next generation of global leaders, scientists, doctors, and so forth.  Start the joy of learning, reading, and experimenting in elementary school. Add to the feel good socialization agenda.  When these young kids grow up there will be all kinds of new jobs.  And we may still need geniuses to find the cure for cancer and diabetes. Yet still humanities, social studies are important as are grammar, writing, and spelling.

And yes, make all neighborhood schools good but give kids and familirs options in the nation’s capital and home to the Federal government, national monuments and museums, and 700,00 residents.[/quote]

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