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[quote=Anonymous]Still, they deserve an education that doesn't include using them as fodder for what is ultimately a scheme to get a private-school level education at public expense for parents who want to seem open-minded and unbiased, but really aren't. Whoah. I grew up in public housing and attend Bronx Science. My classmates ran circles around NYC private school grads in science and math (from Dalton, Collegiate, Trinity, Ethical Culture, you name it), and went on to colleges like Texas A & M, CalTech, MIT, Ivies. The public-private divide is meaningless where great public schools exist (not here). Drop it. A worldclass education can be had with the right prep for the right poor kids, and a great education for the rest. As a taxpayer, I'm not open-minded or unbiased about selecting talent and cultivating it because I know better. Basis and DC Charter are attempting the impossible to be high-minded rather than practical - many of their kids will be running from crummy neighborhood schools without the talent to ace the curriclum = waste in public education. Hackneyed fare. [/quote]
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