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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a few charters, BASIS DC and the BASIS Arizona schools. BASIS DC must reassure current parents to keep growing and buy the next building and (for those same parents) graduate two or three classes with surprisingly good admissions of non-minority students.

Minority student admissions will be explained away by DC and national union critics in the usual (rather racist) way as they have been at Latin and some of our private schools. Strong admit rates to great colleges for minority students are good (and life changing) but won't awaken the few fairly good charters, DCPS and PCSB to what's happening at BASIS.

BASIS also needs to do a better job of not being cowed by critics. Lead.[/quote]

second not understanding this comment[/quote]

third.  Could you please explain what you mean here?

I looked at Washington Latin's college admissions and was not impressed, but they were not broken down by race. Walls does better, and it is majority AA. Given the composition of the upper school at Latin I am assuming that the 3?graduating classes have been mostly AA?  I think our first 3 or 4 may be the same.

What are you saying.  We have to get white kids admitted to good colleges?  Do they have to go or can we just say they got in?  Not really willing to pay for an Ivy League education for any of our kids with no financial aid if they get a free ride somewhere else decent on a merit scholarship.  Also St. Andrews looks quite inexpensive.  We have a few years.  But then of course we don't count because our kids aren't white.  Oh shit, I forgot!

Could you please speak plainly here?  BASIS charter schools in AZ hardly have any non white students except for Hispanics who are 40% of the population in AZ and 20% of the population in the school I looked at.  So are they minorities over there who only get into college because?

Just say what you mean - in English.  Tired of this cryptic bullshit. [/quote]

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