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[quote=Anonymous]OP here again - thanks for the vote of confidence for my mayoral run   ;)

Although I think you can see from my ideas that I am unlikely to succeed on the other side of the river, which was more or less Fenty's undoing last time. There was an interesting WaPo article recently about how DC's demographics have changed a lot over the past 20 years however the demographics (and preferences) of registered democrats in DC who regularly vote has not changed as much. Hence the continued popularity of Marion Barry etc.

Interesting discussion here about whether or not OOB families in the Rhee-era feeders should get preference or not in the lottery (assuming we go with the idea of keeping the boundaries as they are and taking all IB first). Maybe it would be best to say that for now they do get preference and then phase it out over 5-8 years so at least the kids in those elementary schools now would get in... tough call though. In contrast to the idea of keeping the boundaries as-is and accepting IB first, which for me is not a difficult call.

I am in complete agreement with the posters who say that intervention needs to happen very early and MS/HS is way too late. Lots of research about how the first 5 years are critical. But has anyone seen an example of a municipal govt or public school system accomplishing this on a massive scale? I have never heard of any success.

Where I have seen success is when a predominantly average-to-affluent school population admits a modest percentage of kids from homes with serious problems. In those cases the "troubled" kids do much better and the better-prepared kids don't suffer at all, because it is the better-off kids who set the tone.

But when the percentages are reversed, it does not work. For example, 80% affluent, 20% poor, great outcomes for everyone. 20% affluent, 80% poor, everyone suffers, because the dominant group is not the group that can be expected to set a good example... that's how I see it anyway from my own experiences, what I've read, etc.

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