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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PGPS is very similar to DCPS

There are very few isolated high performing school districts

The rest of the area schools generally suck.  People of means send their kids to privates

Michelle Rhee wouldn't change anything

What you need to do is have more of the people with means send their kids to the public schools

It's an SES thing that's the only way the schools will improve

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Correct. Reform the school system enough to attract the middle class.
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Then the underperforming kids will just be diluted by the middle class kids. Nothing is fixed, just hidden.[/quote]

That's not true.  Being in school with middle class kids improves performance of lower income kids.  Middle class schools also have more politically active parents and get greater resources.  It's not a cure all but it does help a lot.  If this wasn't the case then PG schools would be doing much better, since all of the resources are going to lower income kids and there are fewer kids in the school system overall.[/quote]

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