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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry - dont really know how to interpret the above or what point you're making. Not being snide - just dont understand what any of this data with such small samples proves.[/quote]

When Latin was majority black and also has a bigger percentage of poor kids, it’s poor and black students were testing as proficient or advanced at almost twice the rate as they are now.

So it isn’t the classical curriculum. What has changed?[/quote]

I have no idea but very interesting to examine the Equity Reports from that period. The KIPP College HS campus and KIPP Will MS were performing similarly or better than Latin back then (if looking at both achievement and growth). If you look at these schools now on the PMF -- KIPP Will is struggling compared to its earlier performance but Latin still looks great. The PMF is an important indicator of quality. If a school performs well on the main measure of charter performance (the PMF) AND has significant demand, shouldn't it be able to expand? I get that schools should work to improve for all kids but it [b]seems like there are more higher income kids in the city now[/b] and that's where the demand for Latin is and that's with whom they perform best.[/quote]

[b]Actually, that isn't quite the case. The biggest growth in students has been in Wards 7 and 8[/b], and the median income in those wards, in particular, is lower than it was a decade ago (perhaps more middle -and lower-middle-class out-migration to Prince George's and Eastern MoCo). I think it's fair to say that the gap between district residents has grown wider, which brings with it the challenges we debate every day on this board ([b]my source for this is the annual national KidsCount report[/b]  -- publishes state/DC demographic data and well-being indicators for children) released by the Annie E Casey foundation).

While AA students have been a decreasing percentage in publics (DCPS and charters) most of the growth has been in Latino kids. Among DCPS only, the white percentage has increased as well.

The Board did vote to let Latin replicate. IT just was not unanimous, and their equity issues were aired publicly, and they have to agree to redouble their efforts to serve all kids. That seems like an ok outcome to me.

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Are you referencing the annual KidsCount report through 2016? Do you have more recent data? OSSE and the PCSB reported declines in Ward 8.[/quote]

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