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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Youngkin actually wanted to help ACPS, and probably most failing schools, he'd mandate a science backed reading and math curriculum. And immediately mandate remedial reading and writing services for all of those kids "taught" to read with the terrible balanced literacy/Lucy Cawkins curriculum ACPS only recently, partially and reluctantly got rid of. But I seriously doubt he actually cares about the outcomes, so agree that he's just using this to push charters.[/quote]

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ACPS could decide to do it without a mandate and actually teach reading and math. But sure, make it all Youngkin's fault. The guy who showed up a few months ago and will be gone in 3 years vs. ACPS who has known for 20+ years that kids weren't learning reading or math. [/quote]

I'm the poster you're responding to and I 100% agree. ACPS could have done a million things differently, but chose not to. They've had the data showing how badly they are failing kids for years. I'm not blaming Youngkin for ACPS sucking, they earn that every day of every year all on their own. I'm just saying that if he actually wanted to make a difference, make a real change in kids lives, that would be the way to do it. Because ACPS is just not going to do it without a mandate.

[b]I do doubt Youngkin's sincerity in improving the educational situation in Virginia. Which is why I don't think he'll take concrete steps, and instead focus on divisive social issues, [/b]which will prove to be as effective as ACPSs singular focus on [b]talking[/b] about "equity for all", while ignoring the inequities inherent in a school system that abandons their core mission of teaching children, and instead relies on parents to teach kids to read, write, spell, etc. Only parents with resources (time or money) can make that happen.[/quote]

So he will do no different than the previous Governor who similarly wasted his years and the Governor before him did as well on implementing social issues insisting that doing so would magically fix education issues. So I guess neither Democrats nor Republicans in VA care all that much about education. [/quote]

Yep, you're probably right. I think the difference is that Northam didn't actually run on fixing education, where Youngkin did. But you're absolutely right, both parties have failed in this area, and neither seems to care. [/quote]

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