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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because of parents whose behavior looks for the sure thing then notes the collective dynamic that does not lead large numbers of them to engage.

People talk about a lot of sides of segregation and discrimination, I think somebody should look harder at this unwillingness to take a leap of faith away from status group herd behavior. Because in DC I think it’s very real.

My expectation is that the teachers teach the student body they have. If they have students with drive, experience, technical abilities, they can work with that. None of our kids are doing technically jaw dropping STEM work at 14.
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Is your kid at McKinley? My experience so far “taking a leap of faith” at a “diverse” DCPS is that it is in no way academically where it should be, and I’m not willing to continue that into HS. [/quote]

So you are at the school currently. You are a white family. You are not impressed and will be leaving? Please share more specifics about what about the school has not been good enough for your child. [/quote]

Simply put the teachers feel no responsibility to prepare the kids for selective HS and college because 90% of the kids are not taking that route. Because of this the level of instruction is set much lower than at a school where more is expected. Kids permitted not to do work in class, to turn in 1-sentence answers. Teachers who just take the day off and let kids be on screens all class if they feel like it. Some teacher very good but overall little effort. A few teachers VERY bad in a way that would not be tolerated at a more affluent school. [/quote]

Oh, are we saying that affluent schools don't tolerate bad teaching? This is demonstrably false! Even at Jackson Reed and Bethesda Chevy Chase. Please stop with this narrative. As, unfortunately, bad teachers exist everywhere. I wish there were none, but the reality of it, is that they do. [/quote]

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