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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Brent the best school ON Capitol Hill?[/quote]

Many argue that Two Rivers is in fact the best school on Capitol Hill.  But I don't see that remaining true.  David Brooks summed up why in this NYTimes piece the other day:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120711/WIRE/120719920/1070/OPINION?Title=BROOKS-No-easy-choices-as-American-schism-widens
 
Two Rivers has higher test scores than Brent for now because it has had more high-SES kids in testing grades, period.  It doesn't hurt that administrators and teachers do a good job there, but soon, Brent's test scores will be higher simply because the school will have a greater percentage of upper-middle-class kids from 3rd grade up.  Pretending that a charter thrives because of fine teaching is to buy into a false dogma- all you need for kids to do well are great teachers.  It seems what you really need are great fathers and good jobs for parents, a comparative rarity for urban AA kids in this country.
 
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