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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I'm all for diversity but if it becomes a more important mission statement than academic quality, our kids will not succeed in the 21st Century.[/quote] In any case, the schools in MoCo and Fairfax are a lot more diverse than DCPS schools, and have been for a while. When people talk about "diverse" in DC they really just mean "lots of poor non-immigrant blacks".[/quote] I keep reading this and it is incorrect. You need to get out of the exurbs and stop voicing out of date views of the city. My neighborhood is very international. [/quote] Fairfax County schools 2012-13 (from FCPS website) White: 42% Black: 10% Hispanic: 23% Asian: 19% Two or more races: 5% DC Schools 2012-13 (from DCPS website) White: 11% Black: 69% Hispanic: 16% "Other": 4% On a racial basis, Fairfax is easily more diverse than DCPS. Frankly DCPS is even less diverse than the stats indicate, since a high percentage of the white and hispanic populations are concentrated in a small percentage of the schools. Also see percentage of foreign-born population in area jurisdictions from the 2010 census: DC: 13% Montgomery: 31% Prince George's: 20% Arlington: 23% Alexandria: 25% Fairfax: 29% Loudoun: 22% Prince William: 21% More immigrants-->more diverse schools, even beyond what you can already see from the racial stats.[/quote]
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