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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What the "colonization" (really poor choice of words BTW) poster is suggesting is basically what was done at Jackson Reed (nee Wilson) in the early to mid 90s with the academies.  Prior to then, the IB enrollment at Wilson was exceedingly low.  Though Wilson had always been the OOB destination of choice for students trying to exit their in-bounds schools but who didn't get into Banneker or Walls.  And there were no charters back then to peel off attentive families then either.  So easier lift back then.[/quote]

I’m not sure the academies did anything to turn Wilson around. The academies are nothing special although I guess they are a good marketing strategy. Part of the problem is that DCPS Central loves to say screw you to upper middle class families even though they need these families. Schools work best for everyone when you have a mix of kids. Kids from higher income and educated families bring stability to schools and they also draw good teachers to the schools. The upward momentum lifts all boats including the low income kids. Look at MCPS. All of their high schools are pretty decent because even their poorest high schools have a decent number of middle class kids. And their strategy of creating high level magnets within schools has worked out reasonably well.[/quote]

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