Reply to Deal is tremendously overcrowded

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Deal is tremendously overcrowded - something is to give"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I've never been able to see how poor kids benefit when droves of high SES families of all races who can't afford privates vote with their feet and move from the District over school concerns. The tide has been stemmed, but real only in the Wilson pyramid.

A more practical Mayor and city council would prioritize keeping high SES families in the system to help all boats rise with the tide.  I don't think that most white parents in DCPS are racist as much as they're realists. Parents with children in diverse DCPS schools learn that all it takes to disrupt learning in big ES and MS classes are a few really needy kids.  That's why far more middle school honors classes are needed to retain families, along with scrapping 9th grade "honors for all" at Wilson.

When I was a kid in one of the poorest communities in an affluent zone in the state of NY, I was bused to a HS in an affluent area of the county for advanced classes not taught at my school, e.g. BC calc and AP physics.  I went on to MIT.  What gets around goes around in education with good planning, a pragmatic orientation and a spirit of sharing.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics