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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

WTF.  Are you for real??  Like there are not bad actors and schools in DCPS who have far, far worst outcomes than charters.  Like the middle and high schools operating with single digits percentages of students at grade level??  What the hell accountability is there but to socially promote the kids?  What about all the damn new programs every year that DCPS uses consultants and pays millions with no positive outcome.  What about the corruption and bloating of central office.

JFC, get off your high horse.  There are bad schools in both charter and DCPS and you want to throw out the baby with the bath water.  Screw all the kids and schools that are doing good stuff.[/quote]

Oh for Pete's sake. DCPS sucks, so give us everything we want with no accountability. You could not be more of a cliche with your tired talking points.

Nobody's talking about throwing out the whole charter sector. I simply support more accountability for charters, and believe the city shouldn't provide any additional funding without negotiating for quality improvements. Yes there are problems in DCPS, but they are of a different policy nature, and they don't change my view of this particular charter funding issue. [/quote]

You ARE talking about it by not increase funding for teachers.  Why is that not throwing out charter sector.

You want more accountability?  Then do across the board in DCPS and charters.  Because you know well that failing schools in DCPS don’t have much accountability either.

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Not increasing funding unless there are agreements for changes in return is hardly "throwing out" an entire sector. It's literally the same deal as the WTU makes every time it negotiates a contract. I think that's fine and appropriate for both sectors.

Failing schools in DCPS do have accountability. [b]The city can impose a wide variety of staffing and programmatic changes[/b]. It doesn't always work, but there absolutely are lots of things the city and DCPS can and does do to intervene. Not so in charters, where "flexibility" includes freedom to suck, and the PCSB won't do anything unless a school is already failing or there is financial fraud. The PCSB hasn't even tried to impose accountability during COVID-- it's just freedom to suck for a few years I guess. [/quote]

NP. You seem delusional. Describing and/or relying on what the city "could" do but simply doesn't makes you seem like a WTU shill, and no someone willing to engage in a good faith discussion on the topic. No clue why anyone is wasting time with you, other than to troll you into looking increasingly silly and transparent.[/quote]

Wow, you're such a courteous and respectful human being, we should all follow your example. Good faith discussion indeed.[/quote]

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