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I think Vinnie touches on a really interesting question.

In the end - we're most concerned about good educational outcomes and would like to arrive there while also raising them in diverse circumstances (NOT that those objectives are in conflict). What if we got the best educational outcomes for 'all' kids by relying on the public school system for well-off children and the charter system for less-advantaged children?

That would be quite an indictment of the public school system. Before we ever reach that point - shouldn't DCPS have started to learn from charters and adapt (that's one of the main points to charters, right).

DCPS has a good network of schools - but that network is dangerously close to becoming a closed loop which serves only a slice of the city (basically, Ward 3). If we de-couple parts of that self-reinforcing network and hook them into other parts of the DCPS system, do we keep the good stuff at those schools (esp. the elementary schools) while spreading their positive traits to their new networks (especially the high schools).

by tegwar on Jul 19, 2012 6:01 pm • link • report

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