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Sujjin t1_je9rnr5 wrote

Reply to comment by twenty-six-sixty-six in Republican congressman calls D.C. schools ‘crappy,’ ‘inmate factories’ by Ok_Culture_3621

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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