DCPS profiles now have 2013-2014 demographic data

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Anonymous wrote:Am surprised to see that Lafayette is now the whitest of the upper NW elementary schools. That is definitely a change

I wonder which school you thought would be the whitest?

I think the surprise is because Lafayette is in Ward 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I try to defend DCPS when I came but I have no earthly clue why it took them 6 months to update the school profiles. They did the school count day census thing back in October. In general I find it really embarrassing that DCPS with its behemoth of a central office also can't be bothered to set up up websites for each school and so it falls to the school prinicpal or PTA or teachers to manage that. Almost every other school in the DMV has individual school websites.

Central Office is a hot mess, and their turnover rate makes the turnover rate of DCPS teachers seem low.

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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%.

Oyster is 61% Hispanic. It probably doesn't even account for the international diversity there, or among the other white and maybe even black kids. Why is diversity defined as sufficiently "African American?"

Agree. Agree. Agree.

We need to move beyond "Diversity=black" mentality.

+1

If you want to know what diversity looks like, look to the charters. Many charters have a far bigger mix of kids from different races, cultures, heritages and economic levels.

This is only true for mostly higher performing charters in NW (and maybe Yu Ying). If you look at charters in SE or deep in NE, their demographics match surrounding DC schools.

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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.

My 1st grader is learning about "setting" currently. We were discussing it last week while I was reviewing his homework.

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Yup. In modern times, learning about setting is an early elementary standard. Students should be way past that by 6th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup. In modern times, learning about setting is an early elementary standard. Students should be way past that by 6th grade.

Again, if it's on the DCCAS at that grade level, it's reasonable to ask students if they know what it is. Even if they were supposed to have picked it up in 1st grade, there's no reason it shouldn't be reviewed in preparation for a test where it will be asked. Who knows how it's being taught in classrooms; what's weird is expecting that lesson in a Tweet and judging a school by a simple question to which you think everyone should know the answer. It's their job to find out who [i]doesn't[\i] know.

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so, what is setting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. In modern times, learning about setting is an early elementary standard. Students should be way past that by 6th grade.

Again, if it's on the DCCAS at that grade level, it's reasonable to ask students if they know what it is. Even if they were supposed to have picked it up in 1st grade, there's no reason it shouldn't be reviewed in preparation for a test where it will be asked. Who knows how it's being taught in classrooms; what's weird is expecting that lesson in a Tweet and judging a school by a simple question to which you think everyone should know the answer. It's their job to find out who [i]doesn't[\i] know.

+1

[Anonymous]

Pro tip: if you want to compare more than the four schools the page for some reason lets you compare, just tack on more school numbers (find them if you compare more than one school) after commas and the page will serve them up across the page.

E.g., http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Compare.aspx?tab=1&school=284,292,300,330,204,296,224,442,205,213,327,264,302,324,336,227,328,313,239,305,409,326

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pro tip: if you want to compare more than the four schools the page for some reason lets you compare, just tack on more school numbers (find them if you compare more than one school) after commas and the page will serve them up across the page.

E.g., http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Compare.aspx?tab=1&school=284,292,300,330,204,296,224,442,205,213,327,264,302,324,336,227,328,313,239,305,409,326

I still don't see how you do that. How do you tack on more school numbers after commas? Do you type them in or just click?

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Type.

Find numbers by selecting several schools and using the "compare now" feature (each three-digit number between a comma is a different school). Look in the address bar for numbers. Copy numbers down.

Search for more schools using "compare now." Copy numbers down.

put all numbers for schools into the address bar separated by commas (no spaces).

If you don't get it at first, experiment a bit and you'll figure it out.

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Anonymous wrote:so, what is setting?

+1

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Type.

Find numbers by selecting several schools and using the "compare now" feature (each three-digit number between a comma is a different school). Look in the address bar for numbers. Copy numbers down.

Search for more schools using "compare now." Copy numbers down.

put all numbers for schools into the address bar separated by commas (no spaces).

If you don't get it at first, experiment a bit and you'll figure it out.

Ok, thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so, what is setting?

The sun.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:so, what is setting?

--our standards

--our sights

--an arrangement of eating utensils

[Anonymous]

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.

Where are all those white families going? Surely there can't be so many open spots in charters or Maury?