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I will be honest: I saw the firing of Rhee as confirmation that the dominant institutional prerogative of DCPS and the city government was to maintain the institution of schools as job programs. I am sympathetic to that prerogative, but my child is going to get a good education and they are going to go to a school where that - not the maintenance of jobs - is priority #1.

I don't mean this as snark. But if you're "really" interested in finding out the best option for your child, can you name a few things that Kaya (Rhee's former deputy) has done to stymie the reforms Rhee put in place..the sort of reforms that made you consider placing your child in DCPS?

The reason I ask is because I think there were a lot of people who based their child's education on a "person" and not a "system." From a practical matter, you have to be able to identify what "taking us back to the old days" means today under Gray/Henderson. Anything outside of that is just noise. That is, "well now that Rhee's gone, I know something is getting ready to happen. I might not be able to identify what. There might not be any evidence to confirm my fears. But, I'll be fearful anyway."

by HogWash on Jul 17, 2012 2:59 pm • link • report

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