GreatSchools makes segregation easy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

So in your estimation, most non-white folk ain't that bright. Most of them I know, at this point, I'm pretty sure are smarter than you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

Define: "The Best" , and explain how "diversity" somehow means you cannot have "the best"
ANNNNNNNNNDDDD GO

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

Define: "The Best" , and explain how "diversity" somehow means you cannot have "the best"
ANNNNNNNNNDDDD GO

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

Systemic racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

Aim higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

Define: "The Best" , and explain how "diversity" somehow means you cannot have "the best"
ANNNNNNNNNDDDD GO

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

Systemic racism.

no its 2017 people are more interested in school quality vs skin color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

Define: "The Best" , and explain how "diversity" somehow means you cannot have "the best"
ANNNNNNNNNDDDD GO

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

Systemic racism.

no its 2017 people are more interested in school quality vs skin color.

First, it is 'it's', not 'its'..and second, it's 2018.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

no its 2017 people are more interested in school quality vs skin color.

It's 2018, and when people consider school quality, skin color is a factor. Because racism is a thing that exists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

Define: "The Best" , and explain how "diversity" somehow means you cannot have "the best"
ANNNNNNNNNDDDD GO

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

NP here. HEre's my question to you. Why do you feel that your child needs a less diverse school to do well? Why do you feel that you need other kids with high test scores to pull up your child's test scores? Isn't your child capable of doing the best that she/he can regardless of how diverse the school is? My child surely can. I just don't get why someone would feel that someone's test scores are going to be higher at Churchill vs Northwest HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

Define: "The Best" , and explain how "diversity" somehow means you cannot have "the best"
ANNNNNNNNNDDDD GO

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

Higher test scores means you are more intelligent or just do better on tests?

Elite colleges = a college someone else has determined to be "elite", when in all actuality a lot of people have attended other schools and have received great educations that have served as a wonderful jumping off point for their lives and careers

Home values = what people are willing to pay it's not something etched in stone by God. People's willingness to do anything, including buy a home for a certain price, are influenced by a lot of things, including their bias, good intentions, bad intentions, mindsets and whims. All of these are factors that can change on a dime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

NP here. HEre's my question to you. Why do you feel that your child needs a less diverse school to do well? Why do you feel that you need other kids with high test scores to pull up your child's test scores? Isn't your child capable of doing the best that she/he can regardless of how diverse the school is? My child surely can. I just don't get why someone would feel that someone's test scores are going to be higher at Churchill vs Northwest HS?

DP. Because the kids are "higher caliber" -- meaning, there are fewer poor/black/brown kids. Top PP is using "diversity" to mean "poor/black/brown kids". That's not what the word means, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

Define: "The Best" , and explain how "diversity" somehow means you cannot have "the best"
ANNNNNNNNNDDDD GO

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

NP here. HEre's my question to you. Why do you feel that your child needs a less diverse school to do well? Why do you feel that you need other kids with high test scores to pull up your child's test scores? Isn't your child capable of doing the best that she/he can regardless of how diverse the school is? My child surely can. I just don't get why someone would feel that someone's test scores are going to be higher at Churchill vs Northwest HS?

I could care less about diversity (that's the whole point in my view) I care about results. I care about my kid not being bored and unchallenged while the teachers spends all their time on getting other kids caught up (this happens all the time)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

NP here. HEre's my question to you. Why do you feel that your child needs a less diverse school to do well? Why do you feel that you need other kids with high test scores to pull up your child's test scores? Isn't your child capable of doing the best that she/he can regardless of how diverse the school is? My child surely can. I just don't get why someone would feel that someone's test scores are going to be higher at Churchill vs Northwest HS?

DP. Because the kids are "higher caliber" -- meaning, there are fewer poor/black/brown kids. Top PP is using "diversity" to mean "poor/black/brown kids". That's not what the word means, though.

Ugh no that is what all of YOU are doing any why we can't get past the whole race bs. I want the best kids period. I could care less about how diverse they are and if they are white black brown yellow orange purple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Ugh no that is what all of YOU are doing any why we can't get past the whole race bs. I want the best kids period. I could care less about how diverse they are and if they are white black brown yellow orange purple.

There are those proverbial orange and purple people again.

PP, there are no orange and purple people. What you're saying is that you want your kid to go to school with kids from families like yours, because you think that maximizes the chances that your kid will be able to achieve the specific life goals you want for your kid (fancy-name college, followed by a job that pays a lot of money). That's a very small view of a very big world, but if it's yours, then it's yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar discussion occurring here about the AAP program

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/700782.page

My position is the same it is logical to want the best for your kid. It is illogical to pursue diversity especially since in many cases higher diversity = lower quality. If those were the choices a higher performing school vs a diverse school I challenge anyone who would honestly pick the more diverse school.

Define: "The Best" , and explain how "diversity" somehow means you cannot have "the best"
ANNNNNNNNNDDDD GO

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

NP here. HEre's my question to you. Why do you feel that your child needs a less diverse school to do well? Why do you feel that you need other kids with high test scores to pull up your child's test scores? Isn't your child capable of doing the best that she/he can regardless of how diverse the school is? My child surely can. I just don't get why someone would feel that someone's test scores are going to be higher at Churchill vs Northwest HS?

I could care less about diversity (that's the whole point in my view) I care about results. I care about my kid not being bored and unchallenged while the teachers spends all their time on getting other kids caught up (this happens all the time)

Well, what makes you think that your child will be unchallenged at a diverse school? Case in point, my child goes to a diverse elementary school and is in compacted math (a separate classroom with other kids at her level). From what I'm seeing here in DCUM, even some schools such as College Gardens (a less diverse school) don't offer this type of differentiation. I really think it would serve people well to do a deep dive of the school and really look at everything- how are classes structured, are kids getting challenged appropriately, etc. You can't assume that just because the school is diverse, that your child isn't going to be challenged there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Best = higher test scores = higher percentage of attending elite colleges

Diversity in almost all cases = lower on those two metrics

Look I'm just reflecting human nature. Why do school districts that are more diverse have lower home values????

NP here. HEre's my question to you. Why do you feel that your child needs a less diverse school to do well? Why do you feel that you need other kids with high test scores to pull up your child's test scores? Isn't your child capable of doing the best that she/he can regardless of how diverse the school is? My child surely can. I just don't get why someone would feel that someone's test scores are going to be higher at Churchill vs Northwest HS?

DP. Because the kids are "higher caliber" -- meaning, there are fewer poor/black/brown kids. Top PP is using "diversity" to mean "poor/black/brown kids". That's not what the word means, though.

In other words, let's not care that our classrooms look like the world and not just the people who "we" have deemed to be "high caliber", "quality" people. Let's ignore the fact that they get that designation according to standards that "we" have set based on things only within our narrow personal experience and according to our own narrow judgement.
When you live your life based on some cherry picked numbers, ignoring the full complexity of the human beings in question, we all lose, especially the purple people.

Ugh no that is what all of YOU are doing any why we can't get past the whole race bs. I want the best kids period. I could care less about how diverse they are and if they are white black brown yellow orange purple.