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[quote=Anonymous]The point that catering to high-end students by making policy changes to support their achievement (e.g, the introduction of middle school tracking across the board), and shifting resources into it, reaps rewards for a school system with considerable untapped potential at the top. If more strong DC resident students were to enter and stay in our public system, rather than running off privates and the burbs, breakthroughs could be achieved at the top.  Honors for All at Wilson has been a big step backwards, and Walls' lack of transparency in admissions isn't helping either.  BASIS' miserable facilities, weak English instruction and Darwinian academics (weed out half the middle school students!) don't inspire many families of the strongest elementary school students without access to Deal, nor does the lack of MS tracking outside math at Hardy, Stuart Hobson and Latin.

DC public schools simply don't treat their high achievers well compared to their counterparts in most major metropolitan centers in the country. If you've been paying attention, you won't be surprised that the semi-finalists count has dropped steadily in the last decade.[/quote]

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