Is the Washington D.C. Public School system a good system to teach in?

Depend, I am in dcps as a student and my school BMHS is pretty good. The neighborhood is going up in value and crimes decrease a lot. There is a new mall, condo, and etc opening up in columbia height. DCPS is a pretty big system so you can't just judge one school as the whole system. I must says that Bell have some of the best teachers, they always stay after school to helps out the student. Lincoln middle school is still not that good though but I am sure that it will be fix after Bell's principle Mrs.Tukeva take control of it.


Hope you the best of luck.





Btw nl8uprly http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/ takes every schools so I don't think that it fair for the good school like School without wall, Banneker, Bell, Wilson, and etc. There is bad school like Ballou that do horrible and pull the rest down.


Also you seems bitter for teacher don't you think?

Is the Washington D.C. Public School system a good system to teach in?
NO - it is a dump! Don't touch it with a 10 foot poll, stay away!





It is a dangerous place to work (gangs, weapons, drugs, violence), people are corrupt, and the system is just plain broken. Every new school year, many school buildings remain closed due to mold, broken pipes, no electricity, or air conditioning/heat. The home life situation for these students is typically very bad (broken homes, drug addition, chronic welfare abuse, underemployment and so on) ~~~no this does not account for everyone, but it makes learning very difficult when you come to school hungry and angry at the world. ~~~Watch the movie Freedom Writers minus the happy ending. By the way, Google "mayor Marion Barry" - He was a blatant cocaine addict and used the services of prostitutes frequently, yet he was re-elected to run the city for another term!!!





I teach in a district that it about 10 minutes from the DC border http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/ (one of the best school districts in the nation), so trust me I know.





Parents in DC who actually want their kids to get an education (and not be shot or beaten to death) either move or put the kids in private school. Many schools there have metal detectors at the front doors...does that sound good to you? Many find a relative or friend that live in my school district and "borrow" their address to enroll.





Look at this recent article http://www.forbes.com/businessinthebeltw...


DC public schools was nearly dead last of the major public schools systems in the nation.





DC is a great place to visit with all of the museums, government offices, memorials, and so on, and some parts are fantastic places to lives if you have upwards of 4 million to spend, but to work in the public school system there is another story.





If you have your heart set on that area, try a private school or a charter school (I think the KIPP charter school is supposed to be pretty good).





Good Luck!

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