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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh good Lord.  Tubman built up their scores the old fashioned hard work way, with intensive tutoring every Saturday.  One year, they moved something like 50% of their kids from below basic to basic.  The next year, all those same kids (a grade older) moved from basic to proficient.  Look at the data behind the numbers and you'll see a lot of hard work.

Tubman is an excellent school - the kids are well-behaved and engaged, their Kindergarten teachers are engaging and first-rate, and they have an option for boys only teaching starting in 4th grade, which I think is fabulous.

[b]Why isn't DCUM flocking to this school?[/b]  Because there are almost 100% Hispanic and Black kids there, and no one wants their kid to be the "only White kid" there.  It's the same reason DCUM'ers reject Banneker.

I've been thinking for a long time that someone in CH needs to rally together a bunch of families to make the investment together (it's less scary in a group).  I wish we had. [/quote]

Because most of DCUM isn't low SES.

That's very interesting information.  Apparently Tubman has chosen to learn from KIPP.  There are education strategies that work for certain demographics and Tubman (unlike most of DCPS) has chosen to employ them so that their students can excel.  It's too bad this information isn't more widely available.  If I were a parent with limited resources, but unlimited hope for my child, I would put Tubman on my list with KIPP and DC Prep.[/quote]

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