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[quote=Anonymous]Look, the proof is in the pudding.

If a school in DC is great at promoting actual racial equity and meeting the needs of black students, you should see lots of middle and upper SES black families there. These are families that have choices (in both where they live and where their kids go to school), so if a school was really "doing the work" in a way that met their families' needs, you'd see these families referencing living near and lotterying into these schools in large numbers.

If a school talks endlessly about equity but is mostly serving high SES white families and low income black families (who by definition have fewer choices), you should be asking yourself why. Also, when equity is invoked frequently to explain why a school CAN'T do things, you should ask yourself why. If you live near schools like SWS and TR and even some of these DCPS schools that tout equity, but all the middle and UMC black families you know are going private or trying to get into DCI feeders or looking into moving, you have to ask yourself why.

Equity is a completely valid and important goal for a school. But equity does NOT mean lowering academic standards, avoiding doing hard things that would actually benefit families, or simply shaming white families into being quiet about things that bother them. That's just poor leadership using the name of equity as a shield without doing the work. Look around the school -- it's composition will give you some strong hints as to whether the school is actually enacting policies that promote racial equity.[/quote]

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