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[quote=Anonymous]Since you have time OP - take Mt. Vernon and look at the break out of test scores for each subgroup of students - black,  hispanic, special education, etc - and then compare those scores with a similar demographic make up school in Arlington Co.  I did this and discovered that in almost all sub-groups, with similar school demographics, Arlington Co. students did better.  Arlington Co. also has larger class sizes.  I then began to look way more closely at the curriculums. I discovered that Arlington Co. has textbooks for three subjects in Elementary school that ACPS does not. I was told various reasons for this - that kids learn better through doing, that teachers like to provide their own material, and lastly - and the one most likely the truth - there were text books but they stopped using them becasue most kids were unable to read at grade level and couldn't use the books anyway (this gem was provided by a first year teacher who likely didn't realize NOT to tell parents this).  I have to wonder if having a text book might in fact make a difference. Something makes a difference since Arlington Co. can clearly reach and teach more students than ACPS.

And also OP, I am wondering - have you missed the huge amount of public housing that is present in Old Town as well as throughout the City.  True Del Ray doesn't have any of the actually built by the City stuff but there is of course Presedential Greens and Arlandria at the end of Del Ray. Certainly you have seen that.  There is block upon block of public housing left in Old Town.  There are several plaes on Duke St. also.  The upper middle class parents send their kids to private school.[/quote]

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