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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It seems like all of DC outside Ward 3 is interested in academic success for middle schoolers, but only where gentrification has occurred are there people demanding acceleration.

In Ward 7 and 8, except for those sending kids westward, parents seem to want schools that will do better than DCPS at getting achievement out of their kids.

[b]Unfortunately because this is anonymous I will say that the tie between parent academic success and child success is strong, so we have a bunch of charters in Wards 7 and 8 not delivering any better results than DCPS despite obviously trying something different.[/b]

I think ultimately the demand for tracking is coming from parents who were tracked in secondary schools themselves, either within a school or a larger school system.[/quote]

and that is because schools (either regular DCPS or charter) and politicians are not explicit enough with parents and other adult caregivers regarding what adult supervision and behavioral modeling are necessary on the home front in order to improve student chances of success.  If all you know and do is what you have seen around you, then don't expect different outcomes for kids.  Don't expect the school system to do it all because they can't.[/quote]

This is the new DC. Demanding that kids show up on time, that neither the nor their caregivers scream in classrooms or curse at other people is a violation of "equity". Failing a kid whose work earned an "F" is a violation of "equity". Removing disruptive kids from the classroom setting is a violation of "equity". My prediction is this cycle will not be broken by white folks. It is going to be POC who tell the white folks suffering from liberal guilt to please STFU and sit down. Similar thing happening on City Council regarding police and policing right now. The white liberal woke crowd is being told by Vince and other black leaders to sit down and shut up, because black folks want safe neighborhoods too.[/quote]

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