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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure if a publicly elected school board is the answer but it does seem like something is broken. The council does not seem to be able to provide any type of oversight. The past few chancellors have been really flawed. Not to mention the mayor is still way too in the weeds on some things to protect her interests and punish others.

Running DCPS is by no means an easy job. However I don't think anyone thinks we are getting good service from the current system.[/quote]

We definitely are not, but the answer is definitely NOT to give more control to teachers unions who will further prioritize themselves at the expense of what’s good for kids.[/quote]

I actually don’t agree with you. I think teachers are behaving this way exactly because they have never been listened to and they feel disenfranchised. Teachers as a block are treated very poorly in this country and now it is coming to bite us. If the mayor and the chancellor spent some time actually listening to teachers and principals and taking their views seriously, the WTU would have a lot less power and I believe teachers would, for the most part, step up and take on more responsibility. But the mayor likes to rule by fiat and the chancellor is her puppet so here we are.[/quote]

This has to be one of the dumbest arguments I've ever seen.[/quote]

Makes perfect sense to me. I think you didn’t get what this poster is saying. Things don’t happen in a vacuum. History and precedence cannot just be ignored because it is inconvenient to your viewpoint [/quote]

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