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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No charter schools are nothing like private schools. They do allow middle income families to stay in the city.  Without charters, it would be rich and poor and young.  [/quote]

Exactly this. Even the HRCs don't come close to private schools or even better public schools. But they're better than some of the high poverty DCPS schools that these middle class parents won't accept, so they keep middle class families in the city.

The DCPS landscape is much better now than it was 10-15 years ago. Back then, there were very few schools outside of WOTP or parts of Cap Hill with acceptable schools, even for elementary. Today, more people are willing to try their IB DCPS. Offering charters has been part of the process to keep middle class families in the city, and then slowly some of them consider their IB school to take advantage of commute, neighborhood ties, etc. While charters need more oversight, they've been a key part of the process to turn around all DC public schools.[/quote]

This is a crazy post. There are some seriously good charters and dcps is awful- overcrowded at the better ones and dismal at others. [/quote]

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