WaPo Board still loves IMPACT for DCPS
The Washington Post editorial board has a long history of opposing unions, especially of teachers. They have been steadfast backers of proven liars and cheats such as Michelle Rhee and her hand-picked acolytes and successors.
They pretend everything was horrible about publication education in DC before mayoral control and the evaluation process called IMPACT, and they cherry-pick numbers to make it appear that progress has been made since 2007.
I fully agree (along with others) that there were lots of things wrong with DCPS before 2007, when Michelle Rhee was hired. But, ya know what? Most of it is STILL wrong, and some of it is even more screwed up than ever now. Listen to almost any teacher. In fact, as the data show and as anybody who spends time with regular neighborhood schools here in DC knows that this myth of tremendous success in DCPS and the charters is a flat out lie.
In certain schools (mostly but not all with significant white or Asian populations and well-educated parents) like Lafayette, Janney, BASIS, Deal, Walls, and Banneker, test scores are very high.
In the field of math education, this retired, award-winning math teacher sees little or nothing positive in what’s going on in DCPS math classes at levels from 5-12; I cannot comment intelligently CONTINUE READING: WaPo Board still loves IMPACT for DCPS | GFBrandenburg's Blog
