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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of those numbers are pretty shocking.  Yu Ying at less than 12% economically disadvantaged? Wow!

What is the percentage of students in DC that are economically disadvantaged?

What is Yu Ying's plan to diversify economically?  Are they doing outreach? [/quote]

as a whole, I believe about 45% are economically disadvantaged.  of course, for the public schools there is a segregation based on inbound location.  i.e. upper NW very privileged and SE highly disadvantaged.

the goal of the charter system is to provide quality education to students - as stated by the charter laws.  there are some exceptions, but economic diversity is essential to improving the system as a whole.

how can the charter system not be seen as a failure if less than 10% of the schools are in any way economically diverse...[/quote]

The charter system is obviously a success.  The least advantaged students in charters outperform the least advantaged students in DCPS.  This has been documented in DC for years.  Seriously - for years.  Don't throw out BS about nationwide trends.  In DC it has been well-proven that charters do a better job than DCPS at educating the most vulnerable students.

Why do you need other people to do your homework for you?[/quote]

successful at segregation it would seem[/quote]

Can you read?  Can you comprehend what you read?  We're talking about the at-risk students.  Those with poverty, family disunity, homelessness, special needs, and other complications involved - and the charters still outperform DCPS.   The students have multiple excuses for not understanding the obvious data, you don't.  You're willfully stupid.[/quote]

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