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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS are horrible, anyone living in DC with kids would immediately put there kids in private school if they had the money. Obama won't send his kids to DCPS, says something about the most in touch with the middle class president.

Obama: D.C. schools don't measure up to his daughters' private school

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/27/AR2010092701766.html[/quote]

Of course DC schools don't all measure up to Sidwell.  But that doesn't mean that all DC schools are horrible, or that anyone living in DC with kids would immediately put THEIR kids in private school if they had the money.  I know many people - including myself - with the funds to put their kids in private school who choose DCPS or charters.  They would not send their kids to just any DCPS or charter, but there are very good ones that they do choose, even over Sidwell and other Big Three schools.

And, you are kidding yourself if you think that the President - even this one - has the same educational considerations as the rest of us.  He needs his kids in a school that is both great and a fortress.  If the OP had asked whether public or private would be better for the President's children, I am sure that most of us would agree that private can probably protect his children and provide them with a more focussed education than private.  The Secretary of Education, on the other hand, chose public for his kids.[/quote]

Duncan is married to Karen Duncan, and they have two children who attend public elementary school in Arlington, Va.

BIG difference arlington public schools vs DC public schools. If you look at the scores even the best DC Charter schools are sub standard compared to FCPS, MOCO and Arlington, sorry for raining on your parade.[/quote]

Where is your data?  Some of the DC schools do measure up to FCPS and MOCO.  I admit, there are not many.  I am very happy with my son's charter school and we moved from Chevy Chase, MD.  [/quote]

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