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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is not trying to be Boston or NYC. And applications to Walls keep rising. [/quote]

Ha, of course they do. With opaque and subjective admissions criteria, EVERYONE has a shot!
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Boston and NYC very seldom change their admissions processes for magnet HS entry, or even tweak them. They've essentially kept the same admissions processes in place for over half a century. The constancy and clarity in the processes in those cities promotes confidence on the part of ed stakeholders, who get the sense that the admissions systems, while imperfect tools, are fundamentally fair in support of clearly articulated goals. One Boston and NYC administration after another has come under strong pressure from civil liberties groups to change the process over the years without that happening. The system doesn't change because the results have been consistently good, leading most voters and ed stakeholders to support, or at least tolerate, the system.

By contrast, it's amateur hour in admissions in DCPS.  A different approach, an even more experimental approach in Walls admissions, every year or two.  All the flip flopping is a political issue stemming from low DCPS capacity and increasingly weak leadership that isn't being addressed by our politicians, or voters. Maybe we get what we deserve as a city. We don't advocate effectively for much needed change so we don't get it.[/quote]

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