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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,  you are ignoring the political aspect of this.  The optics would be terrible and you know it.  Everything else is beside the point.[/quote]

I'm 15:19, but I'm not OP.

Are you basically just saying no one at DCPS will allow differentiation by student ability because it would mean mostly white and Asian kids in some classrooms together, and mostly black and Hispanic kids in other classrooms together?  Is that what you mean by "optics would be terrible"?[/quote]

Yup.[/quote]

Well that's unfortunate if it's really how DCPS thinks.  It also seems silly because DCPS puts out the PARCC results every year, and those clearly show the "optics" you're saying DCPS is trying to avoid.  If your description is true, it seems like DCPS is refusing to try steps that might actually help reduce segregated learning, just so it can avoid "optics" of segregated learning.

Also, looking at the PARCC data (https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/2016%20OSSE%20PARCC%20Presentation.pdf), it appears the divide is not quite so stark.  There seem to be a fair number of black and Hispanic students who reach 4-5 on PARCC.  So while each classroom might not "look like DC," they wouldn't be completely homogeneous either.[/quote]

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