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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."

To amplify this point: there is a wide range of performance is DC schools, and it is pointless to classify them all as "failed" when that is clearly not true. You have to go and look -- actually visit a prospective school and talk to its principal and teachers. Then you really find out how well a school is doing. Problem with test scores is that they reflect several years of teaching, and improvements do not appear there until after the kindergardeners matriculate to 4th grade. Point here is that the nuts and bolts of how good a school is is several steps removed from the superintendent -- good schools have blossomed despite bad DCPS management, and vice versa.

by goldfish on Jul 17, 2012 3:10 pm • link • report

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