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[quote=Anonymous]DC doesn’t allow “tracking” in the traditional sense, seemingly because it leads to racial disparity.  So most schools have to put the entire grade at the lowest common denominator for “equity” reasons.  BASIS on the other hand treats the entire grade as “honors” and “GT” and makes it clear upfront that everyone is treated in this manner and exactly the same.  And that means everyone.  And yet they are still accused on here of having a race issue and people are upset that they don’t have remedial classes to address the needs of all learners including at-risk students.  All learners (as in grade levels apart) do not belong in the same classroom and in DC unfortunately it means sometimes they don’t belong in the same school altogether.  It’s hard to figure out why that makes people so upset.  Do all students belong on the same varsity soccer team?  Do all students belong in the Washington Ballet?  Of course not.  Not everything is for everyone.  
Why is it okay for the many schools in DC to ignore the needs of higher achieving students but it’s not okay for perhaps the one public school in DC that focuses on those higher achieving kids to not also prioritize remedial education?  It’s not its mission and that doesn’t make it morally reprehensible.  If the posters on here just want BASIS folks to “qualify” the excellent school test scores by saying it’s somewhat self-selecting who goes and the attrition of poor performing students helps the scores, so be it!  It’s a testament to the commitment to holding all students to a high standard and families also having that expectation.  But students do leave for all kinds of reasons and go on to different schools, including Black students who leave for reasons that have nothing to do with their race.  Please, if you have no intention of going to BASIS, put this energy into benefitting your actual school community![/quote]

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