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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Janeese Lewis George says she wants to give teachers more professional development days, so if she's elected, expect even more time out of school. [/quote]

Wait, did she really say that??? :shock: [/quote]

No, I don't think she did, but I think I know how this misinformation came to be: 
1) In some survey (I think the WTU survey), Lewis George said she supported "more differentiated professional development" ...if you read it, you can tell it means "professional development that is differentiated better" not "more professional development"
2) Matt Yglesias then tweeted a screenshot of it and said something along the lines of: Lewis George is calling for less classroom time
3) People then accepted his totally incorrect reading of it and retweeted it saying oh no she wants less class time

The bottom lines are: Lewis George didn't advocate for less classroom time - Matt Yglesias made that up, and if you're annoyed about half-day Wednesdays, that is not actually a mayoral issue because the mayor is over DCPS but doesn't set policies like that for charters and only charters do half-day Wednesdays. [/quote]

This is all factually wrong, including the notion that the mayor doesn't have power over half-day Wednesdays. Charters must have these plans approved by OSSE. OSSE determines whether schools are obeying the law regarding 180 days of instruction. [/quote]

And if OSSE doesn't count early release or late starts, we'll all be going to school through July to make up for weather days.[/quote]

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