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Reply to "Jay Mathews Points Readers in Wrong Direction on Top Charters"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG--the explanation is quite simple. If the majority of white high SES families are applying only to the schools listed in the article and in higher numbers (or even equal) to other groups, the odds of white families getting in increases. In other words, white families are overrepresented in the lottery for the schools in question (compared to the overall population). For example, for middle school, my guess is white families in DC are concentrated in BASIS, Latin or Deal. Otherwise, they go private. Hence the high percentages reported in the article.[/quote] And, the "high" percentages cited aren't even all that high. Some of the DCPS ES/MS schools have higher percentage white than what was cited for the charters.[/quote]
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