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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel conflicted about this.  I guess it boils down to whether you think school choice is good or whether it hurt neighborhood schools.  The easier it is to go to a "better" school across town the less incentive their is to invest in your community.  I know I wouldn't send my kids to many of the schools in Wards 7 & 8 so I don't blame those families for looking for other options.  But how will those schools improve and attract more families if everyone bails.  Its complicated.   [/quote]

I love this white savior here.

It’s not just that black people and brown people are supposed to survive in a climate of racial prejudice, it’s also our job to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and improve failing schools as well. [/quote]

The best elementary school in DC is Janney, in Ward 3.  Ever given any thought as to why?  Parental involvement.  Parental involvement with the school, with DCPS, with their community AND WITH THEIR CHILDREN.  Doesn't matter who you are, parental involvement - on multiple levels - is required for a school to be successful. You need a sizeable group of parents prioritizing education in their family and their community in order to make a school successful.  Janney hasn't always been high performing and it hasn't always been crowded.  Same with Deal and Wilson, which, not surprisingly, are the middle and high schools for Janney kids. Again, none of those 3 schools would be worth a damn without the parents involved in that school.  That's what the PP is talking about.  And, frankly, any parent in Ward 3 would understand exactly what PP was getting at with her comment. Parents investing in their neighborhood schools, community and their kids is the (not so) secret sauce.    Not sure what racial prejudice has to do with anything and, in particular, why it would prevent you from reading to your children from the day they are born, filling your house with books, never buying them an electronic device, and taking them to the library and free Smithsonian museums whenever you have time to spend together.
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are you saying that it is good parenting to "never buy your child an electronic device"? do you live in 1994?[/quote]

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