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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those third graders are another perfect illustration of how social promotion fails, especially when it's in combination with a weak curriculum and failures at every grade level below that.[/quote]

When Rhee came in they threw out the old but did not create the new. We had standards, a list of things to teach - that was it. I was in shock as a new teacher, that was all you received, and no I did not get any textbooks, I bought my own as do many teachers still. I could never understand why the public didn't object to the fact that there was no curriculum It is only now with the new Common Core that we have a DC Curriculum, and they are being rolled out monthly. We are on the 3rd unit right now, we are waiting for the 4th right now. The DC CAS is not aligned to the standards, never was, and neither is the new PIA. It all sounds good, but those on the inside have never swallowed the Kool-Aid. It was all smoke and mirrors, yes she got rid of some lazy teachers but progress has been slim to non-existent due to the constant chaos, turmoil, continual overall of teachers and principals and new teachers every year (so you can never get the ball rolling), and constant roll out of new initiatives that have to be implemented NOW. As for IMPACT, if only you knew what we have had to "dog and pony show" over the years, to the detriment of students. IMPACT has gotten better, but if they'd listened to the experts they wouldn't have wasted time implementing all that nonsense (that they've now had to take out) in the first place. Do you really want a teacher making the kids demonstrate 5 learning styles in 30 minutes!!! [/quote]

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