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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will it say honors on the transcript?[/quote]

Who cares what is on the transcript? What matters is what kind of education is happening in the classroom.[/quote]

And an education geared to the weakest students sucks for the rest.

Which is what Wilson has decided to do.[/quote]

Or,  maybe looking at their demographic changes, they realize that there are fewer students enrolled who can't handle the Honors level material?

While economically disadvantaged is not a perfect proxy, the number of economically disadvantaged students at Wilson is falling quickly suggesting that the school is changing. See below from the OSSE enrollment audit data https://osse.dc.gov/enrollment

Wilson

2015-16 
1791 students 
563 economically disadvantaged students (29.8%) 
234 students with disabilities (13.1%)

2016-17 
1749 students 
423 economically disadvantaged students (24%) 
204 students with disabilities (11.6%) 
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Interesting viewpoint. If that's the case, Wilson has a long, long way to go to catch up to the academic expectations and opportunities in more advanced schools. This is particularly true for 9th grade (expectations and coursework would be more appropriate for middle school) and for 12th, when many Wilson students have few classes, because DCPS graduation requirements are so lenient that most work can be done in 3 years.[/quote]

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