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[quote=Anonymous][quote]You know I don't think DCPS dismisses parents and I don't think they are all about appearances, lots of pressure yes, but not everyone is a cynical manipulator out there. [b]That said, they have to work with what they have and many parents for many reasons can't contribute enough to their child's educational needs.[/b] Given that is a reality for a certain cohort other strategies need to be employed.

However, my feeling in DC is that there is a bubble group of kids quite smart and capable of doing more rigorous work that do not because there is so much focus on the cohort in crisis. There are tremendous demands placed on both the school administration and teachers in these circumstances. This is why I like Cantania's focus on redirecting needs. That said ideally there would be smaller number of these type of schools in crisis and more where there is solid performance. Yes it is lovely to have a schools scoring at 90% on test like the DC Cas, but you have to wonder if they are teaching that or parents are providing that through extras.

If DC had more solid 75% schools we would not have this boundary crisis because many of us would quit driving across town and help build these type of schools. The problem is that we have a few 80-90 % schools and a lot of 30% and below schools.[/quote]

Schools are in crisis because DCPS does and has dismissed parents who don't have wealth and political clout behind them.  As much as people here say that parents need to band together and demand more, the belief that some parents don't support their kids' education is a dividing line that persists among parents who do have that clout.

And that belief is pernicious because it validates efforts by those who have resources to supplement education where DCPS falls short; at the same time, it undermines efforts by parents who can't make up for DCPS deficiencies.

Believe that low-income people care about education because it's the one true shot.  And in a city with so much education, wealth and power, it [i]should[/i] be the strongest rung at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder.

If you're a supporter of neighborhood schools, then demand more for ALL schools.  Reading this thread, I realized how far we are from achieving an acceptable floor, and that's something that has to be realized before we can raise the ceiling.[/quote]

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