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Based on what?  SAT scores?  Everything else Banneker is going better.  It is not a glorified KIPP.  Have you ever been to KIPP or Banneker that you can make that statement? [b] KIPP has been struggling b/c their kids can't stay in college.[/b]  It's a military style approach.  Banneker students are very successful in college and it's just an academically rigorous school.  Not KIPP.[/quote]Really? They track the kids in college? How do you know this, and is their drop out rate due to academics or finances?[/quote]

KIPP does track the kids in college.
http://www.kipp.org/results/college-completion-report/2013-alumni-data-update

There really isn't any comparison between the two. Nationwide, according to the data KIPP releases, only 39% of their high school students even get a single 3 on an AP test. At Banneker, plenty of kids get 5's. 84% participate in AP and the % of scores 3 or higher is 89%, according to a recent Post article.[/quote][b]I think KIPP's stats look good, considering that most of their students are low income.[/b][/quote]

Soft bigotry of low expectations.[/quote]

But isn't that exactly how PPs were justifying Banneker's so low SAT scores, for a selective school? According to you, one must have high expectations for low income students, but low expectations for the black race? What sense does that make?[/quote]

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