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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now I figured out exactly why white northeast liberals are worse racists than white conservative southerners.  White northeast liberals surgically segregate undesirable races out if their lives while southern conservatives integrate with the natural friction but at least they integrate .[/quote]

Having lived in both places I can say that was not my experience AT ALL.

Anyway what are the other criticsms of Hardy besides it's ib rate, it's size and it's uniform policy? [/quote]

You missed the most important one. Test scores, which though not perfect,are the best measure of education quality available.

I am very happy Hardy has a stable staff and seems poised to make progress. We sent our oldest to private during the principal churn years, but there is a chance we could send the younger one to Hardy.[/quote]

Yep, test scores are the biggest deterrent.  Ward 3 kids simply perform at a much higher level, as a whole, than kids from outside of Ward 3, as a whole.  Hence the tit-for-tat about snobbery and racism; but when you get down to it the scores speak for themselves.  You can argue about the generational, social causes for lower test scores, but that's beside the point when parents desire the best possible education for their kid(s), in the present.  Parents tend to want high-achieving kids to be surrounded by (mostly) other high achieving kids.  Once this is acknowledged, what else is there to discuss other than uniforms and P.E.?[/quote]

Anyone who works in education in DC will tell you that this isn't really true.  Teachers who 'inherit' high performing students don't have to work nearly as hard as those who do not.  Income level is still the largest determining factor for academic performance meaning high SES children consistently score higher than low SES children.  There's no special magic happening at any WOTP schools.  Remove many of those teachers to a low performing school and they wouldn't be able to get anywhere close to the same results.  So, you're not necessarily getting the best possible education.  What you're getting is a school with other children who are high performing, many also high SES, and typically more resources, because parents can afford to provide them when the District wont.[/quote]

Thanks for your insight, PP.

You're right.  Teachers matter, but not that much.  Facilities matter, but not that much.  Extra-curriculars matter, but not that much.

What matters most is how many well-prepared, hard-working, well-supported children, i.e., high-SES children, are at the school.  Those children will educate each other and challenge each other to reach his or her full potential.

So, how many IB children are at Hardy this year?  How many in the 6th grade?

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Have you called the Principal to ask?   She not keeping a secret, it's just that she does not monitor DCUM.  [/quote]

As has been reported on DCUM -- this thread, I think -- the principal has stated that she will not release he information out of respect for OOB.[/quote]

This is not correct.   She will give them if you ask - in fact, at one point, they were posted on the Hardy website in conjunction with information about the open houses.  She's not keeping a secret, there is no grand conspiracy, there is no terrible news about few IB students attending - all you have to do is ask and she will tell you.[/quote]

OK.  I'll email her this week and post her response here.[/quote]

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