public vs. charter
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Anonymous
I had no idea being from a wealthy neighborhood makes you immune from having special needs or learning disabilities. Who knew?! |
Anonymous
There are several types of "special needs" that can impact a child's education. Some needs occur across economic class with no great gaps in proportion, while others show up in school statistics disproportionately often in lower SES student populations (ex: ADHD). The PP you are being snarky to has a very valid point about Deal, and never said being wealthy makes you immune, but was pointing out that Basis's scores are indeed impressive because they're starting with a student population with way more challenges to academic success than Deal. |
Anonymous
BASIS isn't "immune" either, and if this was in followon to the previous suggestion that they "opt out" that's just not true - they serve kids with special needs and learning disabilities. |
Anonymous
What are you talking about? The black students at Oyster have the following advanced/proficient scores: 71.9% in reading and 81.3% in math. While there is certainly room for improvement, I fail to see how those scores indicate that black students are “struggling.” For that, look at Tyler, Yu Ying, Stokes and every other dual immersion school (and most non-immersion schools) in DC. Most schools in DC would give their right arm to have their students achieve similar scores. Further, those solid scores have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Oyster is still the most racially, economically, culturally and linguistically diverse school in Ward 3 (and most/all of DC). Please rely on facts and not your silly opinion. |
Anonymous
Oyster has 32 black students who took the test out of a total school population of ~400. So less than 10% in a city where the AA population is approximately half. Oyster's demographics look a lot like JKLMM so their scores should be high. |
Anonymous
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For the rest of Oyster:
82 White students, 100% Math and 100% Reading 259 Hispanics, 79% Math and 75% Reading 133 FARM, 68% Math and 67% Reading Agree with PP. Not impressed. Great school if you are white! |
Anonymous
Yes it is! Which school's white students score better? |
Anonymous
None. But those white students will do fine at any school. White students' scores are not very interesting since in DC, white is synonymous with high SES especially considering the neighborhood in-bounds for Oyster. Better to look at FARM as an indication of teaching quality and looking at those scores, the charters like KIPP do better. Would be interesting to see in-bounds scores vs out bound scores but you can't have everything. |
Anonymous
And it's pretty damn good if you're black. Of the JKLM students, only Janney's black students do better--but it's pretty close (a combined math and reading score at Janney of 78.3% compared to 76.6% at Oyster). And unlike Janney, Oyster's students can read both English and Spanish. |
Anonymous
Didn't know Janney had black students. Kidding . Must be the same type as the ones at Oyster. See them being dropped off in the Mercedes...
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Anonymous
Yes, except THOSE white students are kicking everyone's ass at a bilingual school. Way to go Oyster (and kids and parents)! Let's give credit where credit is due. Even JKLM's white students didn't make a perfect score in both math and reading, and they only have to learn in one language. What's their excuse? |
Anonymous
So what?!? Now the black students at Janney and Oyster aren't poor enough for your liking? Get over it! |