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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I take issue with "the majority of DCPS parents".  There's no way of knowing that.  It's not like we were polled periodically in the pandemic.[/quote]

yep. and some very good research showed that parental opinion was swayed by the messages they got from their school being opened or closed. WTU playing on and amplifying these parental fears (both through their rhetoric and keeping schools closed) was unforgivable. [/quote]

I’m sorry you don’t like that black parents and teacher trust each other. [/quote]

The research wasn't about just DC, by the way, and it wasn't about just Black parents and teachers.  Also, less than half of DC teachers are Black.  But thanks for looking at it with that lens to heighten the politicization![/quote]
 Not sure where you get your data from but half of DC’s teachers are black. Well DCPS, I don’t care about charters.

And please be specific next time. Most people will assume you’re talking about DC, since you know this is a dc public schools forum.
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Technically slightly less than half:  https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/DCPS-Fast-Facts-2019-20.pdf

The point is, your characterization of the situation is off base, and only meant to instigate division.[/quote]

+1. Also the black DCPS parents who trust the teachers are doing so to their own detriment - just look at how abysmal their kids' test scores are. I'll stop myself here before getting into my diatribe about how the poorer black community's tendency to see teacher as authority figures and not to question them is a holdover from slavery/racism and helps keep them down by not demanding more for their kids.[/quote]

oh, do please go on. [/quote]

Yes, please please go on.  I would love to see how this person continues their statement.  Do you think they can walk out of the statement that black people are still acting like slaves?  Probably also one of the people who argues that there isn't rampant racism on this website.[/quote]

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