DC Public Schools reviews

DC Public Schools, has become a more dysfunctional oligarchy than ever since being taken over by Mayor Fenty. The first Chancellor, Michelle Rhee proved that four years of teaching experience followed by managing a private sector consulting firm of 100 employees and a one million dollar budget was quite insufficient to prepare her for leading dynamic and volatile urban municipal government agency with over 10,000 employees and a billion dollar budget. At Mayor Fenty's command, Ms. Rhee's senior management staff assumed that anyone over 40 years old must have been part of the problem. This resulted in the total loss of any worthwhile institutional knowledge which was replaced by complete reliance on untested, untried, amateur academic and management philosophies and methodologies which drove away any remaining competent employees very quickly.The school system has still yet to recover.

So many, I couldn’t even state them all. First of all, you only get $200 to fund your classroom. I had a master’s degree and started off in DC at $57k (definitely not enough for what you’re doing). I was finding that a good portion of my paycheck was going back to my classroom (so in truth how much was I actually making?). The kind of support teachers get varies depending on the school you’re working at, and as you can imagine, unfortunately things are tougher for educators in lower income areas. IMPACT is so high stakes that it makes administrators stressed out and oftentimes they hunt down educators. It becomes a sort of witch hunt where educators in need of actual support are targeted, harassed, and bullied. Educators in turn become stressed out. A lot of us left this year and will not be returning. I advise all to not apply. It’s just simply not worth it.