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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am confused about what exactly OP defines as her goals for her child. A particular SAT scores? A $500K per year income? Admission to a particular college or university , or one that has a particular rank? [/quote]

OP here.  I asked a question about evidence for a statement that is commonly thrown around, that when children are high SES they will thrive at any school because of their demographic advantage.  It appears to me that the basis for this commonly used statement is the well established correlation between a mother’s educational achievement and her children’s academic success.

As an educated mother, I know myself and that in order to ensure my children succeed academically I have made efforts to ensure they have had a good educational opportunities. For me, that meant strong preschool, we sent them to a JKLM elementary, I was involved with the school, was a room parent, etc.,   They are currently a teen and a tween thriving in DCPS and I am not currently worried about how my children are doing academically or where they will go to college, they will have options and hopefully be engaged productive citizens.

My question is whether there more than correlation here because that correlation is used to be dismissive of what I view as legitimate concerns.  That is not enough to address the legitimate concerns of parents that are worried about their kids’s education and calling worried parents racist for being skeptical does not foster progress.

As I have said above, I have no concern with my child going to a mixed SES (or racially mixed) school so long as I know that is a good school.  I would also support expanding access to Wilson if it is adequately resourced (space, teaching staff, physical resources such as space and materials for specialized instruction) but that does not appear to be a priority of DCPS.  I also understand that many parents would rather take actions to drive more academically prepared students to existing comprehensive high schools other than Wilson.  I personally think a carrot approach would work better than a stick.  It sounds like McKinley is a success story but it is an application school, not a comprehensive school open to all.  Maybe there should be a centrally located city-wide high school (lottery by choice but not application) that is well resourced with advanced options that could use a carrot approach.[/quote]

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