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And I am NOT saying that you are wrong to choose a Title I school for your kid or that great experiences cannot be had at such schools. I am just saying, again, that when rational and informed parents seek high-SES schools, they are not mistaken. Theirs is not the only choice or even the best choice, but it is not the irrational or informationally starved choice that OP makes it out to be.

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I am not going through your entire post - some of your reasons a parent would prefer a higher SES school are ones I already mentioned.. Some (such as benefits to the child from having high SES friends are examples of where  I think there are larger info problems - are kids better off long term from having a narrower group of friends - what are the benefits (including career benefits) in being able to befriend a wider range of people?

And quite frankly, based on observations in the suburbs, I am very skeptical that all parents know that their children will do as well academically in a lower SES school.  Maybe that is different in NW DC.

You are also seem to be positing that parents are either perfectly informed, or informationally starved - that is a straw man argument of the kind often used to defend  unrealistic assumptions.   It is quite possible that parents are broadly informed, but have room to be better informed.  OP presented data on the test scores issue that specifically related to the current situation at Hardy.  I doubt everyone knew that.   [/quote]

+1 This. Over and over and over again we hear, "Middle school is so important; I refuse to take the risk of sending my child to a lower performing school."[/quote]

And I wouldn't be surprised that if (heaven forbid) there was another financial crisis, some of those IB hardy parents would be able to justify sending their kids to Hardy with the very thinking they eschew now -- if other high SES IB parents choose Hardy, then it will be a better school.

Like the Deal Parents a few years ago, they need impetus -- hopefully, it won't take another financial meltdown to provide it.[/quote]

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