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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a matter of degree, and many do not like to be characterized this way. Generally these people are comfortable joining the larger cohorts of people like themselves where they can, even where they remain minorities. It can be better to be part of the 25% white and upper class minority at a mostly black charter school in terms of getting curriculum tailored to your kids needs - generally, a need for on or above grade level rather than remedial programming - than part of a 5 percent or less at a supposedly gentrifying DCPS where your child can be one of few on grade level.  But it's far from a private school education. The school can't literally segregate, but through effort and interest, people can tend to cluster.[/quote]

Agree.  When only 2 or 3 kids in your neighborhood school are above grade level and the majority are below grade level, those few kids needs won’t be met.  They will be left to their own on chrome books all day or asked to be a leader and “help” the other kids.  When a larger cohort of kids are above grade level like 25-30%, then there is a higher probability of more direct teacher instruction towards this cohort and needs are better met.

It’s not a private school education by far.  But it’s better than your child being ignored just because they are advance.  DCPS doesn’t care about challenging the more advance kids at the top.  They care about one thing and one thing only and that is closing the achievement gap in bringing up the bottom.[/quote]

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