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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I would just visit the schools you're interested in and ask to be connected with parents from those PTOs.

Fwiw, DCPS teachers are overall better paid and tend to be better credentialed than those MCPS. In ES, class sizes are smaller and often have classroom aides and more specials as well. Many DCPS ES across the city are great. And there's a ton of wealthy families attending DCPS schools, esp. in Wards 2, 3, and 4. OP might not decide it's worth it for whatever trade-offs between individual schools, but the blanket generalizations about the entire district on this thread are silly. [/quote]

This is largely untrue. I was a former DCPS teacher who made the move to MCPS. I had to catch up on credentials and teacher workshop training to keep up with my MCPS counterparts. Many of MCPS are certified in multiple areas or have a National Teacher accreditation which is difficult to obtain. It takes 2-3 years to become nationally board certified. [/quote]

I’m not a teacher in DC but in Arlington and I think there are highly qualified teachers in all school divisions in the area that are board certified and have multiple certifications. There are also terrible teachers in all divisions. I have been teaching a long time and I don’t see the standard being that much higher in any one. [/quote]

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