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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child.  We want teachers who will reflect our child.  Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks![/quote]

I suggest 20910 because you want to follow up ES with a positive MS experience. Look at ESS for small class sizes and strong teachers who reflect your son. Then TPMS which is inclusive with strong teachers. [/quote]

I am not tracking the acronyms..would you mind spelling out... what is ESS and TPMS????[/quote]

TKPK = Takoma Park
ESS = East Silver Spring 
TPMS = Takoma Park Middle School (one of the best MS in the county, hosts the STEM magnet program and wins all the academic contests)[/quote]

I think ESS ES  has been very successful with AA kids with &gt;5% based on test averages. It was statistically significant and whatever they're doing seems to work.[/quote]

That's a good example of the phenomenon from upthread - the schools with the highest overall scores may not actually be the schools serving specific communities well. There was a big thread a few years back about low test scores for AA kids at Piney Branch ES in Takoma Park, and one of the comparisons made at the time was that Black kids were doing better at East Silver Spring and Rolling Terrace, each of which is only about a half mile from Piney Branch and each of which is overall higher needs.

However, and this is another warning, both East Silver Spring and Piney Branch have had principal shifts since that conversation. When it comes to things like diverse hiring and supporting kids from all backgrounds, the administration makes an enormous difference. [/quote]

I remember that one. I mean I think Piney Branch does about as well as any ES and there may be other factors that aren't readily apparent without greater information about the students at each school; however, it did make me think that ESS might be doing something better than everyone else.[/quote]

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