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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Article by well known, experienced reporter: charters did not fully open, partially due to low demand from some members of the community.

DCUM posters: that’s not possible because it’s not what I want! Someone must have gotten to Perry Stein[/quote]

It's the "due to low demand" question that deserves MUCH better reporting than we got.  How did she assess demand? How many school parents did she talk to? Did she talk to any homeless parents at Roots?  Did she look at the research that indicates that demand is driven by the school's actions, and parents take their cues from the school?  And how about the "due to" part.  Was it "due to" parent demand, or was it "due to" self-interested decisions by adminstration and teachers?  And how about challenging that absoutely absurd quote by the Roots adminstrator at the end suggesting that online learning is just as good as in person?

I mean, it's like you want us to all collectively ignore the the fact that a) there is tons of evidence that DL is terrible for kids, especially at risk kids and b) schools can reopen safely and c) private/parochials/and other urban publics are open.  [/quote]

I really hope, once everything returns to normal, the people on her clamoring for how DL is terrible for kids stay in the fight to ensure that in-person is much better for kids than it was before.  As a teacher at a DC Public School with an extremely high at risk population (a school that I'm sure none of you would consider attending), DL has been a disaster, but its not like the situation in person was what all of you people would consider acceptable.  Our schools need more resources - more teachers, more instructional materials, more and higher quality technology for teachers and students.  Until I see you all pushing for the full educational experience of at risk children to be improved overall, statements like this are just you using at risk kids to support your own goals.  Once you get everyone fully back in person are you going to continue to advocate for at risk youth?  Or once your child's experience is better does everyone else's not matter any more?[/quote]

I feel comfortable saying this: stfu. [/quote]

At least people are now open about it. I wouldn’t worry about it 2PP; there are many more people in the city who understand DEI work and that they need to start changing their perspectives if they want to support the community at large (look at the recent council elections!). We’ll always have the people on here who don’t, and then get mad when studies call them out for it.

By the way, it’s fine that you just want what’s best for your kid and don’t care about others stfu poster, but you just look like a trash human when you respond like that.
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huh - who cares about DC kids? the people who think they should all have equal access to the most basic education in school; or the ones cynically finding some way to call them racist?[/quote]

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