DCPS profiles now have 2013-2014 demographic data

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title I threshold is actually 40% who qualify for FARM. 99% A school that is 99% FARM is a "community eligibility" school where everyone gets a free lunch, so the more appropriate thing to say on the school profile would be "unknown" rather than 99%. They don't collect FARM applications at those schools, so they don't know.

So does this mean they're basing it on the % of poor kids in the inbounds population?

I have no idea what they base it on. But the 99% is definitely not correct--they really should change it to "unknown."

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What is setting? (I really don't know! Setting?)

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Anonymous wrote:What is setting? (I really don't know! Setting?)

+1

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How come some schools say 100% black and N/A for all other races

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How come some schools say 100% black and N/A for all other races

Because there are some schools that are 100% black.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is setting? (I really don't know! Setting?)

+1

Exactly! Even the way the question was framed is lame. Setting is the time and place that a story happens.

To make students think , they should have asked something like, " How do you think authors choose the settings of their stories". Or "Why is the setting of a story important?"

That way students need to know what setting is, but also apply their brains to a deeper level question. It would make for great discussion in class the next day . It also differentiates. For some students just knowing what the setting is would be challenging. But for those who already know, it gives them a further challenge and the discussion around it exposes all students to higher level processing.

Again, it might seem like no big deal, but at the schools where I have toured where I would want my kid to study, they expect more and it shows in the little things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is setting? (I really don't know! Setting?)

+1

Exactly! Even the way the question was framed is lame. Setting is the time and place that a story happens.

To make students think , they should have asked something like, " How do you think authors choose the settings of their stories". Or "Why is the setting of a story important?"

That way students need to know what setting is, but also apply their brains to a deeper level question. It would make for great discussion in class the next day . It also differentiates. For some students just knowing what the setting is would be challenging. But for those who already know, it gives them a further challenge and the discussion around it exposes all students to higher level processing.

Again, it might seem like no big deal, but at the schools where I have toured where I would want my kid to study, they expect more and it shows in the little things.

I totally follow what you are saying, this is about your gut instinct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How come some schools say 100% black and N/A for all other races

Because there are some schools that are 100% black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How come some schools say 100% black and N/A for all other races

Because there are some schools that are 100% black.

I think the poster's point is that if you know the school is 100% black, then it should not say N/A for all other races. It should say zero.

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Anonymous wrote:Watkins numbers were interesting, but not surprising. You have a large number of white families, presumably IB, bailing on the school for other options. If you extrapolate from Peabody, Watkins should be about 35-40% white, but it's only at 20%.

While much of the focus is trying to get buy-in for Eliot Hine, maybe more of the focus should be on keeping potential Hill middle schoolers in the DCPS system.

My buy-in for Eliot Hine was smashed when I went on their website to find the "question of the day" for these 6th,7th and 8th graders in a get ready for DCCAS mode was "What is setting?".

Sorry, that may be the right level of inquiry for a large number of students coming out of sub-standard elementary schools, but it doesn't give me the confidence that advanced work and deep thinking is the norm there at the moment.

I know, I know don't judge an entire school by one small thing like that. But I am being truthful when I say that I was starting to thing the IB program and neighborhood support might make it a great choice and this did slam me back to reality.

Maybe your complaint should be about the DCCAS. I scored 800 on my SAT English and don't recall learning about setting before middle school.

[Anonymous]

Wow--Oyster is only 7% Black! I think that's the lowest percentage in all of DCPS...which is surprising because the school touts its racial diversity. Several years ago, I think the percentage of Black students at Oyster was at 12 or 13%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watkins numbers were interesting, but not surprising. You have a large number of white families, presumably IB, bailing on the school for other options. If you extrapolate from Peabody, Watkins should be about 35-40% white, but it's only at 20%.

While much of the focus is trying to get buy-in for Eliot Hine, maybe more of the focus should be on keeping potential Hill middle schoolers in the DCPS system.

My buy-in for Eliot Hine was smashed when I went on their website to find the "question of the day" for these 6th,7th and 8th graders in a get ready for DCCAS mode was "What is setting?".

Sorry, that may be the right level of inquiry for a large number of students coming out of sub-standard elementary schools, but it doesn't give me the confidence that advanced work and deep thinking is the norm there at the moment.

I know, I know don't judge an entire school by one small thing like that. But I am being truthful when I say that I was starting to thing the IB program and neighborhood support might make it a great choice and this did slam me back to reality.

Maybe your complaint should be about the DCCAS. I scored 800 on my SAT English and don't recall learning about setting before middle school.

What's your point? It wasn't about what they were learning, but about how it is presented and what they are asked to do with it. Believe me, that kind of teaching won't lead to high sat scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow--Oyster is only 7% Black! I think that's the lowest percentage in all of DCPS...which is surprising because the school touts its racial diversity. Several years ago, I think the percentage of Black students at Oyster was at 12 or 13%.

unless you have $$$ or can show some evidence you already speak spanish, you have no chance of getting into Oyster, no matter your race.

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Anonymous wrote:What is setting? (I really don't know! Setting?)

You're being obtuse. The setting for a story such as 1930s Chicago or something.

[Anonymous]

Your question: "what is setting", is presented out of context and as such, no one knows wtf you're talking about.