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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a theory:  The most educated and informed parents are all going to rank what they consider the best charter schools highest when they apply to the lottery. And so, statistically, more of their kids will end up getting their number picked for these schools and more will attend. The majority of these educated and informed parents (sorry to say) do not have kids in the "at-risk" group. [/quote]

Furthermore, I'd venture that the vast majority of "at-risk" risk kids are not even enrolled in the lottery. So they never had a chance to begin with. [b]The lottery participants are not a representative sample of the kids in our city.[/b][/quote]

I am not sure I totally agree with the bolded statement.  The lottery is advertised pretty far and wide, and the number of students entering each year is pretty high.  I would agree with a statement that many of the at-risk kids live in Wards 7 and 8, and therefore are probably less likely to apply to the "hot" charters in wards 4 and 5.  Which perpetuates the process of segregation by income (and inherently by where you live).

But I would love to see data from MySchoolDC that compared the primary demographics (including FARM and at-risk) of the applicants in the lottery vs. the overall public school population. [/quote]

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