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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just so we are all clear:

Wilson HS- 39% white (Racist)

Washington Latin- 35% white (Not Racist)
https://latinpcs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-10-29-Washington-Latin-PCS-%E2%80%93-Upper-School-HS-PMF.pdf

BASIS DC- 45% white (Not Racist)
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/138

Makes total sense to me.[/quote]

You can’t be that dumb. What is the difference between Wilson and the other two schools? Could it be that they’re charters and charters are lottery? Wilson is by property rights. Lottery for all HS would make Wilson in the same category as charters. (Not endorsing just pointing it out.)[/quote]

Before anyone suggests making all schools lottery, make sure you study the SF model. They did that and it has been a complete disaster. Blaming parents is easy. Finding solutions to these complex problems is incredibly hard. For starters, we need better leaders at DCPS. The mayor tries to control education but doesn’t know a damn thing about it. Schools are a marker of the society we live in. Schools cannot fix all our problems. We need an economic model that is a hybrid of capitalism and socialism. We don’t have that unfortunately. [/quote]
+1 the PPs data shows that both lottery and in-bound enrollment both lead to over-represented white percentages at the better schools. The difference is parents that strategize for their kids' education and those that don't. Another PP shared her experience that her grandparents and parents weren't taught to strategize. I'd love to hear more from her.[/quote]

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