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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1. Asian families tend to be pragmatic about public schools, not chasing some ideal sounding ethnic breakdown.[/quote]
Because they understand that the role of a school is to give their kids the best education available, rather than to advance some sort of progressive utopia.

Just another reason why Asians do well academically. For them, it's a purely transactional experience. [/quote]

Hmm, but I don’t value the Asian model of learning. Diversity is important. A good school for all is an excellent goal. Injecting UMC who score well on exams improves lower income kids’ education and goals while improving UMC kids too. I reject that test scores and my kid’s outcomes are my entire focus. We live in a democracy and we need to improve public education for ALL kids. UMC families need to stop defeating schools and hoarding opportunities.[/quote]
I support improving all schools for all kids. But I also know that I, individually, can have little or no impact on that, especially in a hidebound and incompetent administration like DCPS. Positive change like that takes decades. It became clear that DCPS is in a downward spiral again, which is why we picked up our kids and moved to Arlington this year. I can't wait around and hope that DCPS gets its act together fast enough to give my kids a good education.  [/quote]

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