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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread has gotten away from.discussing the podcast. Has anyone listened to the last episode, #5? We are in Brooklyn. Our mixed race middle class kids go to an Elementary school in District 15, which includes Cobble Hill.  My older kid will be entering Middle School next year and will benefit from the lottery system the nice white parents in D15 fought for, so I thank them for that. I am grateful for not having my kids prepare portfolios or prep for auditions and interviews.

I  know that soon after the lottery was implemented, everyone was congratulating themselves with the racial percentages of seat offers. But the real change could only be measured by who accepted their seats. So far,.it does look like the lottery moved the needle a.bit - the two Middle Schools that were almost all Black or Latino now have some white and Asian students. But the reason why D15 will likely be a success is because most of the schools are good and the administrators are savvy about how to get resources and money for their schools. The true measure of success will be seeing how all of these students perform grade and testwise, at least to me.[/quote]

And you fail to mention that not every family accepted the seat they were assigned in the D15 lottery. You also fail to mention that over the past two years D15 middle school enrollment has declined. You also fail to mention that many parents were not as enthusiastic about the changes as you were, especially those who value screened academic programs. If you want a project-based progressive education for your child, then NYC is the place for you, but for the rest of us it's time to move unless Eric Adams puts a stop to this far-left nonsense.[/quote]

“Value screened academic programs” is a new way to say it. A+ for effort![/quote]

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