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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be satisfied if we could just stop using FARMS rate as a proxy for whether parents should buy in-bounds for a certain school.

First, it tells you NOTHING about how your non-FARMS kid will perform.

Second, it sends all sorts of implicit messages about working class families.

Third, it is a bullshit dog whistle for race. [b]You don't see people talking about FARMS rates in places with poor whites[/b], and people only talk about it here because DC's history means there is a strong correlation between poverty and race. [/quote]

Of course, you do, if you are in an area with poor whites.  There are many types of dysfunctional behaviors that are more prevalent among the poor, which is why most of us who have made it out of those situations want our children in middle-class schools.  No one "hates" the poor people, but most people want to make sure that their child doesn't mimic these behaviors.[/quote]

There are advantages to going to school with a diverse population. Kids can learn things that can't be easily tested for, like empathy, resiliency, and seeing things from other cultural perspectives. I think this outweighs the idea that bad behavior might rub off on a child. There are a lot more to schools than test scores.

That's not to say DCC  schools don't have problems. They do and they need to be (and are being) addressed. But there are also many good kids there getting great educations whose parents enjoy their "s*** shacks" (as one poster described the houses) and don't regret buying property there. [/quote]

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