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3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,046 total reviews)

Lewis D. Ferebee

68% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

DC Public Schools has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,046 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DC Public Schools employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Dec 23, 2012

Take the job if you love excel spreadsheets

Coordinator
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Pros

You majored in Excel Spreadsheets You love sending emails back and forth about the same topic for years on end You prefer an environment free of organization You know it is not who what you know but who you know to get promoted

Cons

-15 meetings per week is not enough to go over the same information -the ability to improve my communication skills with hostile unprofessional people -4 years of repeating the same with zero progress we are not interested in improvement -What do you mean this is a public school system? We haven't discussed education once since I have been

2.0
Mar 1, 2012

Learn a lot but you can't make a career out of it.

Analyst
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Business Outlook

Pros

There is so much to learn and to contribute. It is a huge mess that needs to be fixed.

Cons

DCPS Senior management does not listen to middle management or the regular employee. They are hardly out at schools and sit in "ivory tower." Departments are silo-ed so its difficult to work between departments. There is no long term planning and there is no employee development like at neighboring school districts. The attrition rate is high.

1.0
Mar 27, 2011

Awful, depressing, and hopeless-teaching in a failing school system is Sisyphean and Masochistic.

Science teacher
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Pros

The pay is decent and you will feel like a a superstar hero sometimes. The kids can be really fun and entertaining.

Cons

The average DCPS student has so many forces working against him that teaching anything other than basic reading or basic math seems like a waste. Why teach a 16 year old mitosis if she reads at a 3rd grade level? Why reach out to a parent with concerns about their child when they are going to turn those concerns back on you. If you have the skills and background to do anything else, do that instead.

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