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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then why don’t parents in these days ther parts of the city use their IB schools and their relative wealth to improve them?  Why are they still trying to get their kids into an OOB school instead of going to school with their relatively wealthy neighbors?  [/quote]

Honestly, it’s because they fear poor minorities. They believe poor is contagious despite studies that show rich kids in low performing schools have the same outcomes as rich kids in high performing schools. If DCPS really wanted to attract these families, they would start G&T pull out services in those schools. Wealthy parents wrongly assume their kid is somehow being cheated out of something. They aren’t. My child is in an upper grade at a predominantly AA school. It has been a great experience. It has also opened my eyes to the profound gap between the haves and have nots, which leads to lower test scores. [/quote

Oh, come, this post drips with pie in the sky.  My child is at a strong DCPS EotP.  If the PTA didn't pay for teachers aides who work with advanced learners, we wouldn't have enrolled our child, because s/he would have been bored at school half the time, really bored.  We don't fear poor minorities, we fear that our children won't be engaged, challenged and yes, pushed, in class.  There are several low SES AA kids in my child's 3rd grade class who work at least two grade levels behind the other students.    From where I sit, these kids would be much better off in a strong year-round school program in the neighborhood with extended day academics.  Such a program doesn't exist.  A lot of the teachers' energy clearly goes into helping these kids, vs. into pushing mine.  So we pay for tutors and a variety of academic enrichment outside of school.  It works, but that profound gap doesn't just lead to lower test scores, it leads to lack of challenge for advanced students, even with excellent teacher at the helm.[/quote]

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