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Reply to "“We need to preserve diversity and mitigate the projected whitening of the feeder pattern”"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're painting with too broad a brush, PP. There are in fact elementary and middle schools in this city full of low-income black and Latino kids with test scores that look like Janney's. But they aren't DCPS programs (neighborhood schools). Look at some of the KIPP test scores and those of DC Prep and Seed.[/quote] You and the prior PP are both right. KIPP actually manages to break the cycle and get results that aren’t dependent on the parents’ SES (though parent initiative is still a big factor). DCPS has no such innovative and intensive programs — nor facility to screen for motivated parents — and is left with results that mirror parent SES. This difference raises an important point: Which schools are ultimately more successful — the ones laser-focused on educational achievement or the ones obsessed with seeking short-cuts to academic success such as renaming classes with fancier names?[/quote]
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