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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None of the 14 school is integrated by race or class. Ech. These programs are obviously a big improvement over bad schools segregated by race and class, but this is still an apartheid approach to education.  I feel like I benefitted from attending highly socioeconomically and racially diverse public schools as a poor kid of color as much as I did from the education and enrichment provided.  When I got to a top college, I struggled a bit socially and academically, but not nearly as much as I would have done without having attended diverse schools.[/quote]

So, first, this list is ONLY schools which are at least 30% at risk, so of course -- given DC's demographics -- most of them aren't super diverse realistically speaking. But also, while I'm not familiar with many of the schools on the list, Payne is actually fairly diverse with relatively high levels of IB buy-in. When schools start out-performing their demographics on tests in areas that have UMC families, parents start opting in to the school, which leads to more diversity (e.g., Ludlow-Taylor, Marie Reed, now Payne). Publicizing a list like this is actually very good for increasing diversity.[/quote]

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