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duodmas t1_je8gjke wrote

Southern congressman dogwhistling, what else is new?

As an aside, it's a humorous bit of logic to say that DC schools are crime factories because of chronic absenteeism. Wouldn't that mean that schools are the opposite of crime factories?

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_je9o227 wrote

is it really a dogwhistle? the public schools do suck. i lived next to one with a math proficiency rate of 3% and a reading proficiency rate of 5%. as far as being inmate factories, i don't think it's entirely fair to blame the schools when there are so many other problems (like entrenched poverty), but they definitely aren't helping very much

it is kind of nasty for an outsider to point this out though

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Sujjin t1_je9qzwk wrote

>Congress reviews all DC legislation before it can become law. Congress can modify or even overturn such legislation. It can impose new and unwanted laws on the District. This retains authority over the District's local budget, most of which is funded only by taxes levied by the District on its residents.

Given DC is at the mercy of congress the fault really does lie with them.

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_je9rdmo wrote

unless you can point to cases of congress foiling DC's attempts at improving schools, i don't agree

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Sujjin t1_je9rnr5 wrote

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/10/dc-should-revisit-congress-imposition-school-reform-act/

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_je9rxhm wrote

that isn't an example of congress foiling DC's attempts at improving schools

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gravygrowinggreen t1_je9yah3 wrote

Hmm, seems you may have graduated from a school even worse than a DC public school.

I'll try small words.

1995: congress pass law. law make school hard and cost much to maintain for city. law passed by congress make school hard and cost much. congress interfere.

Did that help? If not, let me know, and I'm happy to work with whatever level of literacy you have achieved in life. We can try pictures!

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_je9yhj5 wrote

it's impressive that you wrote all this and still misinterpreted the article

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Catch-a-RIIIDE t1_jea109r wrote

And yet, it's stated by the author to be one of the most intrusive examples of Congressional overreach in DC affairs.

Sure, it may not be Congress fucking with budgets and stuff today, but it's clearly laid out that this was Congress using it's unilateral authority in the only region it has it to test their own ideological education platforms (in this case Republicans and charter schools) at a high cost to the District and public education within it and with zero regard for results (because we're still here 28 years later talking about just how shitty DC schools are and Rs are still single-mindedly focused on charter schools as the fix it wasn't in DC).

It isn't the intent of the article that matters here, because Congressional interference to the detriment of DC public education is still the backdrop and even within two paragraphs is well established.

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gravygrowinggreen t1_je9z0ji wrote

The article is saying that DC leaders should attempt to revisit the law. But the article is still about a law passed by congress that interferes with our education system.

Do you need the pictures?

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_je9z4ic wrote

yeah, please put some pictures together. ty

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gravygrowinggreen t1_jea10ul wrote

The 1995 law makes Administration of DC's many schools incredibly complex and expensive compared to a system with saner design. Charter schools/school choice/school vouchers, are all methods of looting public tax dollars for private individuals, and their presence in a school system in the long run makes things worse overall. While nothing directly leads from charter schools to turf fights on school grounds, the pervasive effects insure negative outcomes for society overall. In other words, systemic issues create numerous problems, many of which appear to not be directly related. Charter Schools aren't the sole or direct cause of your wife's experience, but it is a contributor.

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duodmas t1_je9q9le wrote

The low test scores are a tragic and objective measure that city leadership does not address with enough urgency.

To call them factories of crime or whatever is a dogwhistle.

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alldaylurkerforever t1_je9xaxj wrote

it's a straight up dog whistle.

When people think of DC, they think black people.

So when you say the schools are crime factories, you're implying all these black kids are criminals.

(I know some people on this sub believe that, but it is straight up racism)

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_je9xuym wrote

when i think of DC, i think of (mostly white) over-educated simpletons who are obsessed with terminology

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alldaylurkerforever t1_je9ydpr wrote

Oh sweet summer child, whenever ANY GOP politician talks about big cities or DC, they are always primarily referring to black people.

Because to the GOP and its voters, black people are the most dangerous people in America. And the GOP will do anything in their power to subjugate them.

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_je9ywyd wrote

i don't find it useful to psychoanalyze republican voters, unless it leads to a way to get them to vote for democrats

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MacManus14 t1_jea8pzo wrote

Things have changed. They are now referring to both black people and “far left wacko” white people who enable black people.

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jdeeebs t1_jea0nbf wrote

That's weird that you think that. You can do a 30-sec Google search and find census results that indicate a totally different demographic profile.

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_jea0y8k wrote

the fact that you think it's weird that i didn't do research to back up my reddit comment make me think you're one of the people i'm talking about

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jdeeebs t1_jea13fo wrote

I'm not in DC. I'm in nova. Maybe you're thinking of nova?

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_jea1cwz wrote

i don't think about nova very much

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jdeeebs t1_jea1m39 wrote

You seem like you don't think very much at all

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_jea1tlb wrote

i don't need to think very hard to win arguments on this sub

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jdeeebs t1_jea22xk wrote

You're making fun of people who argue on this sub while you're... arguing on this sub?

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Econometrickk t1_je9ubrp wrote

Spending per pupil in DC is actually quite good and I'm sure the respective teachers would do quite well in other districted.

It's not the schools. It is the parents and local institutions.

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123BuleBule t1_jeaiijx wrote

I work next to a public school that has kids speaking Spanish and Chinese by the 8th grade. Not all of them suck.

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StatusQuotidian t1_jeb35eb wrote

Exactly. It maps almost perfectly with socioeconomic class which maps to race.

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geedunkgeek t1_jecdb2t wrote

His comment was racist as hell, but the schools here (overall) really do stink. Hard to keep enough teachers in the district (I mean, in ANY US school district) with such low pay, low numbers, and growing/unreasonable expectations. Teachers aren’t valued enough, and it’s really not their fault these kids are failing. It’s the political school administrators and the parents who are to blame.

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