The school is scheduled for a long overdue renovation in 2017. |
A recent meta analysis of studies tracking the quality of thinking and writing of middle school students suggests that you are in middle school. Or perhaps early high? If so, time to catch up! |
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That's because white parents have plenty of other options. Minorities would do the same if they had ample options of high-performing schools where they are in the majority, but there aren't too many Bannkers. Nobody wants their kid to be part of a small minority. As long as minorities are actually in the minority, that's just how it's going to be. Why should I put my white kid in the position of being in a small minority when I could send them to a truly diverse school that is more representative of the reality of their daily lives? |
Go for it. No one at Banneker is begging you to come. The kids do great. I have a white friend who's son is at McKinley. Similar statistics. MIT is trying to recruit him. Why? Because he has the hook of being smart and at an all black school. To me it was smart. In addition, he LOVES McKinley so everyone wins. |
And there is another reason: the desire for segregation comes from both sides. Nobody wants to be a gate crasher if they don't have to. |
New poster. Looking forward to the article, Aaron.
Banneker is like its neighbor, Howard University. Excellent school, but an odd choice for a white student. |
I think you intentionally misstated PP statement. There is a vast difference between begging someone to come to your party versus excluding them. Banneker has an open invitation for all those interested to apply and come. Banneker does not recruit any students nor does the school exclude students based on race. All who can handle the load are welcome. So please stop spreading your vicious untruths also known as lies. |
Yet, if you are a white student with the grades, HU will you serious financial/merit aid. |
Howard is not an excellent school, it panders to outdated stereotypes and delivers subpar instruction. Comparing Banneker to Howard is an insult to Banneker. |
I beg to differ. It is quite impressive considering 2/3 of the population is low income. |
I'm not the person you quoted, but I have a boy at Banneker, 9th grader. It's been very hard on my son and I've seen several boys asked to leave already. If you don't keep a 2.0 GPA they will force you out (and that's a 2.0 on Banneker's alternative grading scale which is brutal). I think some of it is just the typical adjustment to high school, but it's also t his particular school. I already know my younger kid will not be attending Banneker, there is no way he could keep up with the rigor. I wish I had thought about this more with my current son. I think that if he really pushes himself he can make it through, but I don't know if I want to subject him to this kind of pressure for the next 4 years. At Banneker they really pride themselves with preparing kids for the rigor of college. They say Banneker kids have no problems adjusting to college, because they push them so hard while they are at Banneker. They also say that for Banneker grads getting an A in college is a breeze, because at Banneker to get an A you need a 95%. I think it's a great school and a great program but it's not for every kid. There's a lot of pressure, enormous workload and not a lot of typical high school fun to balance it out. For example, there is no football team, therefore no homecoming. That's why there are very few boys there. They start off with few boys and by the end of the year almost half are gone. I can't remember the exact numbers but for my son, he may be 1 of 3 or 4 boys in each of his classes. I think in a class or two he is the only boy. |
It absolutely is not impressive to most parents, when schools with similar or greater percentages of low-income students all over the region have better results and are not even styled as "magnet" schools. Which part of this do you not understand? |
I think it's maturity. Girls are more mature at 14. My son was asked to leave after 9th grade. He is doing great now, but he's in 11th grade. His maturity did not match his intelligence. I wish Banneker could figure this out. Boys and girls are really different. |