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BrightThru2014 t1_je9xfth wrote

Two things can be true:

  1. f*ck this racist dogwhistler;
  2. DC schools are absolutely atrocious with some of the worst test scores in the nation, and maybe among all developed nations, and consistently fail to keep vulnerable children out of the school-to-prison pipeline (a term used by the ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/issues/juvenile-justice/juvenile-justice-school-prison-pipeline).

The rightfully indignant response to 1) should not lead to a "closing of ranks" to acknowledge 2).

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Surefinewhatever1111 t1_jea0230 wrote

>The rightfully indignant response to 1) should not lead to a "closing of ranks" to acknowledge 2).

But it always does because the tryhards will use anyone and everyone, including kids getting trash education, as martyrs for their own cause. Kids leave DCPS (graduate is too generous) without the skills to succeed and go sideways in astronomical numbers. If the failing individual schools was any other organization they would be shut down.

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