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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@Anonymous at 11:09am

I hear you on test prep but I just googled Thomson and it is apparently an IB primary years school. (The only one in DC...?) Can't just be drill/kill all day I imagine?

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Exactly, and they have Chinese and Spanish.  So many of the downtown parents are driving their kids to white charters all over the city - with a great school right there.  So...what does that say about these liberated downtown parents?[/quote]

From what I have heard from "liberated families" is they don't want to put up with the behavioral problems (foul language, unpleasant home life that gets discussed, etc). There is also a fear that their child will get picked on or become a target of anger. I am reporting this but do not agree with these statements, just so we are clear. They don't want anything to interfere with their child's learning.[/quote]

So there are no behavioral problems in schools with lots of white kids?[/quote]

Not sure if you've heard, but poverty is not a good thing. At-risk kids whose home lives are not stable have a lot of stuff to overcome, it's stressful, and often it comes out in inappropriate behavior. In a school with a high percentage of at-risk kids, a higher percentage of kids are going to be struggling with a lot of issues outside of school. One of the reasons we seek to mitigate poverty is that it's bad for kids and families. [/quote]

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