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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]This is their conclusion:

[quote]The conversations on DC Urban Moms illustrate what other research has also shown: When privileged parents choose, they tend to choose segregation[/quote]

This is an extremely unfair characterization that completely misses the nuanced and complex reality. It is extremely disappointing to see such drivel presented as serious research.
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Unfortunately, the Post increasingly publishes simplistic (and divisive) click-bait articles about complex cultural issues.

If this were my site, I'd push back hard on this slander. I'm glad you are doing so.[/quote]

exactly. I mean, schools with a lot of DCUM buzz like CMI are **majority minority**. how in the world is this chosing segregation? A lot of times I dislike how schools are discussed on DCUM, but this entire analysis seems to hinge on the fact that DCUM doesn’t discuss schools in Wards 7 and 8 ... but that’s because nobody is IB there on DCUM. [/quote]

The point is that white parents cluster in a small number of schools where they are overrepresented relative to the general population in DCPS.  Some of these schools are still majority minority, but people tend to go for those w/the highest % of white students since it’s seen as a marker of better schools.  I’ve been to the open houses for CMI and others years ago—the white parents were all looking around at each other approvingly and asking CMI how they managed to drum up such high interest (unspoken: high interest from white parents).[/quote]

how is that segregation? those schools are manifestly not segregated. [/quote]

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