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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This idea that charter schools need to be all things for all students is a misreading of the intent of charters.  Charters were intended to allow for the creation of specialty programs and curriculum diversity---a chinese immersion program (Yu Ying), a classics based program (Latin), a experiential learning model (Cap City), a model targeting kids from struggling neighborhoods and socio-economic strata (KIPP).  Charters were never intended to be a parallel general education school system for the District of Columbia.  Yet, because DCPS refuses to respond to parental desires for differentiated classes and disciplinary policies that facilitate orderly learning environments---over 47% of the parents utilizing public education in DC have chosen to go charter.   So it is unrealistic to expect each and every charter school to offer the perfect program for each and every kid---charters were not intended to work that way.

The way statistics are kept in the District regarding the socio-economic status of students does not present an accurate picture of socio-economically diverse schools.  There are a significant number of students---both at Latin and elsewhere---that are not "at risk"---defined as on public assistance, in foster care, homeless, or a year behind their chronological peers.  Yet those students are also not "affluent" ---they may have parents who are teachers, police officers, government workers.  They may not qualify for free and reduced meals but neither are their families capable of paying for private school or purchasing a $1M house zoned for Wilson.  It would be much more illuminating if the public school system collected data which would show the distribution of income levels within a school.

Latin is intentionally diverse by design.  One of the school's principles is that society is better served when children from all walks of life share an educational experience with each other.  I think that is a laudable goal, as America will be ethnically pluralistic within my lifetime.   
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How is it diverse by design?[/quote]

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