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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I know a retired MoCo cop who led security teams at mcps schools, and I got the lowdown on all schools in terms of safety. So, there's that. You can't truly compare data unless they break it down by race and SES. Ie: imagine comparing upper class white males at any W school, Blair, Sherwood, Paint Branch, etc. Chances are their scores would be comparable. The big difference that lots of folks on here seem hesitant to admit is that some schools in MoCo have extremely high rates of farms, behavior issues, etc. While most kids won't be fazed by this, some might. And since you can't pick your kid's friends, the best you can do is put them in an environment where a lot of students are college bound and likely to take school seriously. That's all. And I don't think there's anything racist about that since it really isn't a race issue at all. Rather, it's SES, behavior, and a general attitude towards education. And the proof is in the pudding: low income kids often thrive academically in schools where they are in the minority and are surrounded by middle to upper class students. There was actually a MoCo study that randomly placed low income families on housing assistance in two parts of the county...and shocker, the kids in the more affluent area at the better schools fared much better.

[b]Again, lots of this doesn't apply to YOUR solidly upper class kid who will likely do well at any school in the county. But studies show that poor kids do better when they are in schools where the majority of kids are not poor. This is common sense to most of us, but numerous studies across the country demonstrate this as well. [/quote][/b]

Yup.  And a recent MoCo study confirmed the same.  Unfortunately, it also underscores that schools in MoCo are becoming more segregated in part due to "white flight" from the DCC.  But your points are dead on.

- Parent who lives in Silver Spring.  Love it, but wish the schools in my area were better.[/quote]

Perhaps the white flight is taking place in high school but in elementary school we know a lot of families white and Asian who are moving to the area. Perhaps as their kids grow through the system the non magnet peer group will also evolve.

That being said there are also many non magnet white kids at competitive schools coming from SS schools. So much of this is the home environment and role models. [/quote]

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