Friday, April 2, 2010

The Letter "L"



Enjoy the picture at the left called, "The Purple Hat." It was painted by a 5th grade student from one of the public elementary schools in Washington, DC.

There seem to be many issues with the educational system in DC. Persons with wealth tend to send their children to private schools or they live outside of the District and their taxes support schools in Virginia or Maryland.

We visited two inner city public schools, and we were all made aware of the importance of standardized test results to the faculty who work there. At one location, parents were actually told that if their children did NOT score well (for whatever reason), the school might be closed and faculty could lose their positions. No pressure, eh?

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