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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS white students have the highest test scores in the country. So some things are ok.[/quote] I think it is safe to say that their scores are in spite of the DCPS. Their scores are probably more attributable to outside learning activities and to their parents, not to DCPS.[/quote] This is probably true of upper middle class kids everywhere. Family income is a stronger predictor of school success than school quality. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/18/poor-kids-who-do-everything-right-dont-do-better-than-rich-kids-who-do-everything-wrong/) What I really appreciate about DC is that there is REAL effort to try to mitigate the effects of income disparity (see: free meals and aftercare at Title I schools, see free universal PS3 & PK4). Obviously DCPS is not perfect and there is room to improve, but I am to live in a place that is making these efforts and consider my tax dollars well spent.[/quote]
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