You could have the best and brightest teachers available, and stick them in D.C. public schools, but they would still not achieve the results they are looking for. Student achievement would still be lagging behind their goals, and behind national norms.
Why? Political correctness forbids a discussion of why this is. But, the student body of Washington, D.C. public schools has critical masses of students who are not eager to learn, and who don’t get support at home that education is important. But we can’t talk certain things or else be accused of racism.
So, instead, we have this effort to get high quality teachers into inner city schools, and hope it makes the difference. It may help but won’t solve the real problems of such schools.
Dual tracking. Those that want to learn can go to one school and learn reading, writing and arithmetic. Those that don't want to learn can go to pre-prison day care.