Re: GUESS WHAT MY URBAN-4-LIFE TOO HIP FOR THE SUBURBS CELEBRATE DC's DIVERSITY LIB RELATIVE DID WHEN HER CHILDREN BECAME SCHOOL AGED?????
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Why can't you answer them?
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Date: November 14, 2018 04:38PM
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> Wrong bandwagon, bub... Wrote:
> >
> > Here's what's true -- You're an unbalanced
> racist
> > dimwit. Meanwhile, Congress over the years dug
> a
> > series of very deep holes for the District, not
> > the least of which was a ramshackle and
> bedraggled
> > DCPS that had been used more often as a
> political
> > football than as any actual system of education.
>
> > It has only been since June of 2007 that DC has
> > had actual control over its own public school
> > system, an era that Mayor Fenty began with the
> > installation of Michelle Rhee as Chancellor. As
> I
> > noted earlier, the system has made many changes
> > and a good deal of progress since then, but it
> has
> > not always been smooth sailing, and there is
> much
> > wok yet to be done.
>
>
> Typical progressive - leads with a personal attack
> because your argument is fundamentally unsound,
> then makes vague claims about “progress”
> without providing any data.
>
> Answer me this, Mr. Teach For America:
>
> 1. What is the true graduation rate of DCPS?
>
> 2. Has that number improved since 2007, the year
> DC took over the system as you claim (it’s not
> that cut and dry, btw - please cite how Congress
> had direct control over DCPS, not general
> oversight of DC. I worked in Congress and had my
> share of workload from the House DC subcommittee,
> so I bet I understand the issue better than you
> do).
>
> 3. How much money does DCPS spend per pupil?
>
> 4. How does DC rank in terms of graduation and
> proficiency scores vis a vis the 50 States? Has
> that number improved since 2007?
>
> See, in the real world, you actually have to make
> an argument and support it with facts; simply
> claiming things and assuming them to be true - or
> expecting others to do the same - is not rational
> thought. Now let’s see if you can do something
> other than call names.
Still waiting for you to answer my questions...