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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think some posters have to remember that DC is predominately minority though quickly changing. DC in recent years has been in a surplus. The DC of today was very different from DC of yesteryear the 90s and early 2000s. More people are starting to send their children to public schools in DC (charters are considered public). Demographics matter when it comes to socioeconomics not race. People want to put their children in a school that is not too poor because then it starts to impact your children's education. Research has proven that middle class and upper middle class can absorb some poor students but if the demographics shift too far down, then no one benefits.

PARCC scores are important but working with your children at home and providing them with enriching opportunities are more important.

All schools struggle with PARCC schores especially when there is a high percentage of ELL, SPED and high FARMS students. [/quote]

This just isn't true across by the board.  [b]There are non-title 1/low FARM  schools that still have striking differences in scores for white children compared to children of color whereas the gap is not as prominent in other schools with similar demographics[/b].  From my observations there is a lot of academic supplementing going on by parents who tout progressive schools.  Those who haven't caught on are out of luck.[/quote]

You just reiterated my point in a different way. As I mentioned before socioeconomics are important but most important are enriching opportunities. You can have a white person and a black person on the same income level, at the same school in the same neighborhood. But if one person is providing enriching experiences for their child and the other person is not, then of course one child will show better test scores/school performance. People have to remember there are 24 hrs in a day, your child is in school for about 6.5-7 hours. There's lunch, recess, specials. etc. Which leaves about 3 hours ---maybe 4 hours of actual learning. You are your child's first teacher ---befote they start school and while they are in school. [/quote]

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