Are N. Arlington elementaries more or less diverse than area parochials/privates?

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Ethnic, racial, and SES?

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Yes

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Some are more or as diverse as the parochials - Glebe, Science Focus, Key, Arlington Traditional are the ones that stand out in that respect. These schools are all north of Rte. 50 but if you are talking about the "coveted" N. Arlington schools that people move to Arlington for (see the current thread on ''best elementary schools in Arlington'' then no, those schools are less diverse.

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St. Agnes and St. Ann have some SES diversity but about the same racial makeup as Jamestown and Nottingham. Interestingly Bishop O'Connell HS has sign infancy SES, geographic and racial diversity, more so than Yorktown and W-L.

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*significant

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Anonymous wrote:Some are more or as diverse as the parochials - Glebe, Science Focus, Key, Arlington Traditional are the ones that stand out in that respect. These schools are all north of Rte. 50 but if you are talking about the "coveted" N. Arlington schools that people move to Arlington for (see the current thread on ''best elementary schools in Arlington'' then no, those schools are less diverse.

And that's OK, by the way. It isn't clear to me why anyone keeps asserting diversity is some educational virtue as if that's a given. That's how we end up with the implication that if someone focuses on other metrics -- say, achievement -- they're somehow racist. It's silly. As if anyone in the "coveted" North Arlington schools wouldn't be equally comfortable with their children in ASFS or ATS (many probably applied and didn't win the lottery, natch).

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Anonymous wrote:Some are more or as diverse as the parochials - Glebe, Science Focus, Key, Arlington Traditional are the ones that stand out in that respect. These schools are all north of Rte. 50 but if you are talking about the "coveted" N. Arlington schools that people move to Arlington for (see the current thread on ''best elementary schools in Arlington'' then no, those schools are less diverse.

And that's OK, by the way. It isn't clear to me why anyone keeps asserting diversity is some educational virtue as if that's a given. That's how we end up with the implication that if someone focuses on other metrics -- say, achievement -- they're somehow racist. It's silly. As if anyone in the "coveted" North Arlington schools wouldn't be equally comfortable with their children in ASFS or ATS (many probably applied and didn't win the lottery, natch).

The Supreme Court has expressly ruled that educational diversity is a compelling interest.

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Anonymous wrote:Some are more or as diverse as the parochials - Glebe, Science Focus, Key, Arlington Traditional are the ones that stand out in that respect. These schools are all north of Rte. 50 but if you are talking about the "coveted" N. Arlington schools that people move to Arlington for (see the current thread on ''best elementary schools in Arlington'' then no, those schools are less diverse.

And that's OK, by the way. It isn't clear to me why anyone keeps asserting diversity is some educational virtue as if that's a given. That's how we end up with the implication that if someone focuses on other metrics -- say, achievement -- they're somehow racist. It's silly. As if anyone in the "coveted" North Arlington schools wouldn't be equally comfortable with their children in ASFS or ATS (many probably applied and didn't win the lottery, natch).

The Supreme Court has expressly ruled that educational diversity is a compelling interest.

Esteemed educators, those. It also ruled corporations are a person, so.

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Anonymous wrote:Some are more or as diverse as the parochials - Glebe, Science Focus, Key, Arlington Traditional are the ones that stand out in that respect. These schools are all north of Rte. 50 but if you are talking about the "coveted" N. Arlington schools that people move to Arlington for (see the current thread on ''best elementary schools in Arlington'' then no, those schools are less diverse.

And that's OK, by the way. It isn't clear to me why anyone keeps asserting diversity is some educational virtue as if that's a given. That's how we end up with the implication that if someone focuses on other metrics -- say, achievement -- they're somehow racist. It's silly. As if anyone in the "coveted" North Arlington schools wouldn't be equally comfortable with their children in ASFS or ATS (many probably applied and didn't win the lottery, natch).

The Supreme Court has expressly ruled that educational diversity is a compelling interest.

Esteemed educators, those. It also ruled corporations are a person, so.

Apples and oranges.

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Anonymous wrote:Some are more or as diverse as the parochials - Glebe, Science Focus, Key, Arlington Traditional are the ones that stand out in that respect. These schools are all north of Rte. 50 but if you are talking about the "coveted" N. Arlington schools that people move to Arlington for (see the current thread on ''best elementary schools in Arlington'' then no, those schools are less diverse.

And that's OK, by the way. It isn't clear to me why anyone keeps asserting diversity is some educational virtue as if that's a given. That's how we end up with the implication that if someone focuses on other metrics -- say, achievement -- they're somehow racist. It's silly. As if anyone in the "coveted" North Arlington schools wouldn't be equally comfortable with their children in ASFS or ATS (many probably applied and didn't win the lottery, natch).

The Supreme Court has expressly ruled that educational diversity is a compelling interest.

Esteemed educators, those. It also ruled corporations are a person, so.

Apples and oranges.

As was you injecting the Supreme Court into this in the first place. Who gives a crap what the Supreme Court says about diversity in schools. That still doesn't make it an EDUCATIONAL virtue.

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Anonymous wrote:Some are more or as diverse as the parochials - Glebe, Science Focus, Key, Arlington Traditional are the ones that stand out in that respect. These schools are all north of Rte. 50 but if you are talking about the "coveted" N. Arlington schools that people move to Arlington for (see the current thread on ''best elementary schools in Arlington'' then no, those schools are less diverse.

And that's OK, by the way. It isn't clear to me why anyone keeps asserting diversity is some educational virtue as if that's a given. That's how we end up with the implication that if someone focuses on other metrics -- say, achievement -- they're somehow racist. It's silly. As if anyone in the "coveted" North Arlington schools wouldn't be equally comfortable with their children in ASFS or ATS (many probably applied and didn't win the lottery, natch).

The Supreme Court has expressly ruled that educational diversity is a compelling interest.

Esteemed educators, those. It also ruled corporations are a person, so.

Apples and oranges.

As was you injecting the Supreme Court into this in the first place. Who gives a crap what the Supreme Court says about diversity in schools. That still doesn't make it an EDUCATIONAL virtue.

The assertion seemed to be that diversity was not an educational virtue. The highest court of the land has said otherwise. That undermines the assertion.

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Anonymous wrote:Some are more or as diverse as the parochials - Glebe, Science Focus, Key, Arlington Traditional are the ones that stand out in that respect. These schools are all north of Rte. 50 but if you are talking about the "coveted" N. Arlington schools that people move to Arlington for (see the current thread on ''best elementary schools in Arlington'' then no, those schools are less diverse.

And that's OK, by the way. It isn't clear to me why anyone keeps asserting diversity is some educational virtue as if that's a given. That's how we end up with the implication that if someone focuses on other metrics -- say, achievement -- they're somehow racist. It's silly. As if anyone in the "coveted" North Arlington schools wouldn't be equally comfortable with their children in ASFS or ATS (many probably applied and didn't win the lottery, natch).

The Supreme Court has expressly ruled that educational diversity is a compelling interest.

Esteemed educators, those. It also ruled corporations are a person, so.

Apples and oranges.

As was you injecting the Supreme Court into this in the first place. Who gives a crap what the Supreme Court says about diversity in schools. That still doesn't make it an EDUCATIONAL virtue.

The assertion seemed to be that diversity was not an educational virtue. The highest court of the land has said otherwise. That undermines the assertion.

I think you've confused "compelling interest" with "educational virtue." Diversity isn't a raw ingredient for stronger schools and academic achievement. There's plenty of evidence that single-sex or otherwise homogenous schools outperform others.

More important, as I said, the Supreme Court has ALSO said that corporations are people. It also inserted George W. Bush as president. And done any number of stupid things.

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So, how undiverse are we talking, at the "coveted 6"?

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Anonymous wrote:So, how undiverse are we talking, at the "coveted 6"?

http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Domain/11/civilrights/Civil%20Rights%202014-15.pdf

http://apsva.us//site/Default.aspx?PageID=1113

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Anonymous wrote:So, how undiverse are we talking, at the "coveted 6"?

http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Domain/11/civilrights/Civil%20Rights%202014-15.pdf

http://apsva.us//site/Default.aspx?PageID=1113

Wow. Yeah, some of those are a lot less diverse than even the toniest privates.