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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right- like if all the gentrifiers sent their kids to whatever the IB school is for Petworth....it would probably have a similar profile to what, Murch?
There’s nothing special about WOTP schools besides that the parents are high SES.  I work with many people with the same demographic/SES profile who live EOTP, but I bought my house WOTP 10 years earlier. 
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It takes a good principal, good teachers, and engaged families to have a good school.

You can’t just say “education-focused parents, send your kids to the school” and it magically gets to be perfect.[/quote]

WOTP schools are part of the same DCPS system that assigns principals and teachers no? I actually don’t know how those choices are made but presumably people don’t apply only to work at JKLMM etc [/quote]

Principals have say in who gets hired for their schools, and the principal’s management ability matters in whether teachers accept and whether they stay for the long haul.

That’s why principals matter tremendously.  A good principal can recruit and retain good teachers.  Happy, motivated, and supported teachers make a strong school.

I don’t know how principals are assigned, though obviously you can’t make anyone stay somewhere they really don’t want to be. [/quote]

Principals are done through a process that feels like speed dating but really the central office tends to get what it wants.  Candidates can indicate interest in schools, and schools form panels of teachers and parents to interview the candidates.  If a school really dislikes someone, downtown is unlikely to force it on them.  If a school doesn't match with anyone they get an interim principal or the AP is in charge for a year.

The "it's all the same system" argument just doesn't hold water.  Downtown has a lot of discretion and tends to exercise it more generously towards the Wilson pyramid and certain other favorites.  That unfairness is part of why the system is dysfunctional, and it is the reason it doesn't seem so bad if you live in Ward 3.  See?[/quote]

Its not "unfair" to give higher performing people -or schools more autonomy.  Its good leadership.[/quote]

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