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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]I am going through the report again and I am continually being flabbergasted. This is piss poor work:

In a paragraph beginning "Many school assignments are deemed unacceptable outcomes to DC Urban Moms participants; it is common to consider opting out of the District's school system entirely..." Then, as an example of this, they link to this thread:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/424099.page

and quote this:

[quote]Agree. I would apply I Janney and pay for private if I didn't get in.[/quote]

But, if you read the thread, the OP is inbounds for Janney, has a child in a private preschool, and is asking about pre-k 4. The recommendation that is quoted is not about leaving DCPS, but about not making changes two years in a row (the OP's child is guaranteed a K spot at Janney). The thread almost entirely contradicts the premise it is being used to support.

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I think the problem is that they had the research assistants do all of the reading on the forum and the giving of context rather than the author actually doing the leg work.  At least, I hope someone with this little reasoning ability doesn't have a position as lead researcher at Brookings.[/quote]

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