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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh christ - I am an upper middle class white lady who went to school in upper middle class white suburbia. There was PLENTY of wasted time in every classroom of my childhood taken up with pain in the ass kids - WHITE wealthy kids. I constantly had teachers who had to deal with these kids to the detriment of all the other kids. This happens everywhere, not just 90% FARMS schools. I know my story is just an anecdote but we are way over obsessing about how the brown kids harm our little special white snowflakes aren't we! Way to blame the browns though. If only we could get them all out of 1) neighborhood, 2) city, 3) country. [/quote]

And where did you send your kids to school?  I dare you to tell us truthfully. I can guarantee it wasn't a school with a majority of kids from a poor background.  It's one thing to walk the walk yourself and another to expect it of others.

Let's face reality here. Washington has the most educated families and the most educated families all living in very close proximity to one another.  The poor kids in DC score lower than poor kids anywhere else in the country, the non-poor kids score higher than kids anywhere else in the country.   When these groups meet in the public schools there is an objectively huge difference in the needs and best practices to deal with each group.  And, quite frankly, DCPS hasn't demonstrated that it knows how to manage schools eff tively for either group let alone when they are all mixed up in one school.  I am not sure that conclusion is discrimination against poor kids or if it is simply facing facts.

We are not talking about parents who rebel at even 1/3 of the class coming from backgrounds that classify them as "disadvantaged".  What has people concerned is the discussion of public policy measures that would take away the ability for middle class parents and educationally ambitious families of all backgrounds to find their way to a school where the majority of kids are switched on and ready to learn.  You had better believe that caring parents who have the ability to do so will find a school like this every , single time no matter what it takes. In my view it isn't discrimination, it is simply good parenting.[/quote]

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