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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools can only ever do so much. Turning around learning outcomes EOTR requires nothing short of a complete economic and social transformation. This would obviously not be easy or cheap by any means, but not beyond a city leadership with vision and dedication. One of the first measures would be to either bury or completely demolish 295 and the adjacent railyards, followed by developing the riverfront and potentially building a new Commanders stadium at Poplar Point. Nothing groundbreaking (metaphorically speaking anyway) - just a replication of what has been done to revitalize depressed neighborhoods not just in other cities, but also right across the Anacostia in Navy Yard! None of this has happened or will happen though because the current city leadership really doesn’t care to do what would need to be done to make EOTR a better place to live.[/quote]

I hope that the new park being built on a bridge from Navy Yard across the Anacostia River to the Anacostia NEighborhood will decrease isolation a bit.  I think that over time, progress is possible and even likely for the city.  I also think it's likely the city's progress will be at the expense of the residents who are pushed out by gentrification.  With conscious development this is less likely.  [/quote]

We don’t need a park ?!! We need better schools with more rigorous instruction. [/quote]

As someone noted upthread, DCPSs EOTR are funded extremely well and teachers receive substantial bonuses for teaching there. If educational funding were the solution, this thread wouldn’t exist.[/quote]

I didn’t say funding. I said “rigorous instruction” which is sadly lacking even in the best funded schools. [/quote]

Everyone regurgitates this "well funded" talking point I want to show them my EOTR class with 28 students, 8 of which have IEPs. And 1 SPED teacher allocated to grades 3 - 5 to try and support those students with additional needs. We may get more money in a holistic sense, but its not going where its needed. [/quote]

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