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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree it’s better to compare DC to cities rather than states. It is also not a fair comparison to look at low income students as all the same. It has to be a different environment when everyone is poor (VW) than to be poor in a city with some of the highest incomes in the nation. Your poverty is so much more pronounced and in your face.[/quote]

I just talked about this in my post, but I would argue that being poor in a city has big advantages because you are more likely to get access to high quality public resources. Being poor in a very rural area means that you may have extremely limited access to libraries, museums, educational enrichment, the arts, or even being able to see and interact with highly educated people.

In DC public schools, even the most at risk kids get opportunities like touring Smithsonian museums, meeting Supreme Court justices, attending performances at the Kennedy Center, going to career days with lawyers and scientists and teachers and medical professionals, etc. Even the teachers themselves in DCPS are generally much higher educated than they would be in a rural area, with a high percentage having advanced degrees.

Yes, it's hard to be a have not surrounded by haves. But sometimes it's worse to be a have not surrounded by have nots, it you have any hopes of ever having more.[/quote]

I’d be real interested to learn just how much actual experience you have with high poverty DC public schools EOTR.  If you really think the most at risk student residing there are routinely - or, for that matter, ever - get the opportunities that you have described simply by virtue of geographic proximity you are sadly mistaken.  There are many kids in Ward 8 who have never even been on the metro and can count on one hand the number of times they’re crossed the Anacostia River.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.  [/quote]

My child attends a Title 1 school EOTP (though not EOTR) with a large contingent of Ward 7 and 8 students and a very high percentage of at risk kids, and these are absolutely experiences they have.

I also grew up in a rural area and if you don't understand the advantages of living in an urban center, even for poor and lower middle class students, then perhaps you have no idea what you are talking about. I'd rather grow up poor in DC than poor in rural Mississippi, every day of the week and twice on Sundays.[/quote]

Test scores in DC are substantially lower than in Mississippi. 32 percent of four graders in Mississippi are considered proficient in Math. In DC, the figure is 24 percent. Same with reading.[/quote]

Also you’re dealing with parents who have the resources and knowledge to to enter the lottery and commute to a school. Commuting to a school requires a pretty stable home life.[/quote]

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