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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How could DPCS  think a new principal can close the gap when they can't even figure it out themselves.......

I think an important thing to look at is where the students are when they come in and where they are when they leave- do they improve at Wilson?

I do think there is a big push for students of all levels to take AP classes- think of the ridiculous Jay Matthews rankings.

Despite what [/quote]

The gap was already closing under Cahall -- but apparently DCPS thinks someone else can close it even faster?  How's a new principal supposed to do that?[/quote]

I don't think the gap was closing under Cahall -- but the actual facts can be shown by someone with the real numbers -- that's what we need, without any manipulating or misrepresentation.

As for students improving once they got to Wilson, why would they? and why would this be a reflection on the principal or the teachers at Wilson and not on past schools and the kids and the parents themselves?

Not to say the parents are doing something "wrong" but if they can't provide the type of enrichment (educational travel, 2nd language, tutors, music lessons) that some kids get at home, their kids' scores are not going to be as high.  It is a fact that college board scores reflect SES.  Why wouldn't hs scores?  Why would a hs principal be expected to change this? [/quote]

So we give up on trying to figure out how to make greater gains in closing the achievement gap? Look I think we all know that the reasons for the achievement gap are complicated and extend far beyond what parents do.   I've read that even when you compare scores of white students of high SES with black/Latino students of similar economic backgrounds, the gap still exists and persists.

I think it is an important issue for the Wilson community and the new prinicipal to work on. The challenge is making sure the next principal is set up for success.
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Who said "give up?" What if part of the answer is that high school is too late to try to close the gap?  should we still have the principal and the wilson community "work on it" and then be punished if they "fail."

For instance, let's say a new goal was to increase 2nd language fluency, and ALL the evidence shows that the earlier you start the better and best of all is learning it first  at home as a toddler from an educated native speaker.  Would we punish hs principals for not bringing 2nd language fluency up to native levels?

What if the principal increased the number of students studying a 2nd language in hs, but still the fluency levels didn't go up -- is it the principal's fault?

What if there happens to be a large number of native speakers of a certain language at the school and they ace the AP courses in that language -- does the principal get the credit?[/quote]

DCPS has a MIDDLE SCHOOL problem. Many don't offer a second language to every child every day. Until the achievement gap is worked on in middle school, when outside pressures really start to influence school performance, you can forget about decent comprehensive high schools. [/quote]

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