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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amazing how much people argue over pennies in the budget.

Let the charter teachers get paid.  Teaching is not easy, doesnt matter where you are.[/quote]

+1 charter teachers are responsible for teaching almost 50% of the kids in DC. [/quote]

+1000  and a majority of those kids are low income…[/quote]

Wow, following this thread and guess adults on here don’t care about the kids in this city.  It’s about me, politics, and whatever else.

Not only are almost 1/2 of the kids in charters but over 70% of all these charter kids are black (much higher percentage than DCPS)  and almost 50% at risk.

And you wonder why the academic achievements in the city are so abysmal……nobody places them first in this game the adults are playing.

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Quite the contrary, it's because I care so much about low income kids that I support more accountability for the charter sector. (I also support reform for DCPS but that's a different set of proposals). There are several charters circling the drain, others that have been given a pass by a lax authorizer for too many years. I am a charter parent myself, but looking at the city overall, we need to acknowledge the performance of many charter schools is not good-- and when it is good, that's because of easier demographics. The charter sector is badly in need of reform, and that is why I cannot support any increase in funding without policy changes along with it. I do think teachers should be paid more, but this is the leverage we have.[/quote]

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