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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right, Asians and whites with strong students in 8th grade could elect to send their kids to Banneker for 9th. How about a even-handed, incisive academic study on why they don't?

OK, so the PARCC scores are wonderful. Why aren't white and Asians moved? I'd actually like to know. Simple racism can't explain the whole story.  [/quote]

I think racism is a part of it, but I think fear of the unknown is a really big part of it.  And I also think parents want the 'best' for their kids and for many whites/Asians, Banneker isn't the 'best.'

Look at how Brent, Maury, etc started attracting non-black families.  There was a very small group of white families that were 'brave' enough to look beyond the surface and see something that they thought could work for their kids.  Once you had some non-black families that neighbors knew and trusted their assessment to some degree, those schools saw more and more families willing to give them a chance.  A decade or so ago, when those very first families gave it a go, there were plenty of families that thought they were crazy and sacrificing their children.  Gladwell's Tipping Point helps to explain why some Capitol Hill schools became attractive to non-black families faster than others.

I think there's far fewer families that are able to 'brave' in this way at the middle school and high school levels.[/quote]

Those same sorts of families had no hesitation sending their kids to an unknown/startup charter (Basis) or a slightly more established charter that's only graduated a couple classes from high school (Latin).[/quote]

It was not engrained that they were "black" schools yet. People who wouldn't look at Jefferson wondered if Washington Global might be an option when it first opened.[/quote]

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