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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It just seems like Shepherd to Wells/Coolidge is the most obvious and needed change, but I would bet it's not going to happen. [/quote]

And why should it? As long as DCPS refuses to guarantee an appropriate curriculum in MS and HS for the college-bound, parents will correctly fight to stay in the school that already provides it. [/quote]

I am genuinely asking, is the curriculum that different or is the student population just different? And if the curriculum is different is it because of the student population (I.e. fewer advanced/AP classes because lower demand)? [/quote]

I mean, where did you go to college yourself? I’m guessing you, like most, aimed for the highest academic cohort where you could be accepted. Even if you chose a community college or state college for financial reasons, you likely expected to be in classes taught to a high level. I’m not sure why people seem to understand and accept this for college, but are confused about how this plays out in HS.[/quote]

I am wondering whether the curriculum would (or could) advance with the addition of more high-performing students. But I guess schools like Coolidge are currently stuck in a loop of high-performing students not wanting to attend because the curriculum doesn't serve them, so as a result the curriculum remains geared towards low performers. [/quote]

That's part of it. But having a group of high-performing students is also not a sufficient condition for having a curriculum geared toward them. The advanced curricula and differentiation at existing DC middle and high schools got grandfathered in, more or less. It's harder to kill programs that have existing constituencies than it is to resist creating them in the first place. [/quote]

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