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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you believe that systemic racism should be dismantled and that Black Lives Matter then your school choices should reflect those values. It's not complicated. [/quote]

Sorry but I don't believe sending my child into the void of incompetence is dismantling racism.  If anything, it's propping up a school system that itself fundamentally racist in addition to being incompetent.  When the adults in charge of DCPS learn to manage a school effecticely, then we can talk.  The option of charter middle schools is the only reason people are willing to live EOTP at all.[/quote]

There is actually a lot of good data out there that suggests otherwise. You might find this book, which goes through a comprehensive economic study on segregation helpful:  "Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works" by Dr. Rucker Johnson.  https://gspp.berkeley.edu/research/selected-publications/children-of-the-dream-why-school-integration-works [/quote]

Which DC public high school would you send your own children to?[/quote]

I'm sure your question is to prove that some HS are better than others. And I agree. I don't think this book is saying that all schools are currently equal so no problems here. It is pointing to the mechanisms that can spur investments to create equity. And I think most scholars would agree the change is going to come fastest in elementary. But, since you asked, here is my list (though my child is not yet high school age).

Banneker or School Without Walls if my child qualified and got in- no question
Duke Ellington if my child was into the arts and qualified
Wilson if in bounds
I think Eastern will take longer but will be likely the next HS to show faster improvement in outcomes
Coolidge will take longer but I think the Wells Middle will help spur investment

There are plenty of charters I would send my kid too. I think there can be a healthy debate on whether charter helped or hurt segregation issues. Ultimately it would be better if all the neighborhood schools were basically equal in all aspects (demographics, performance, teacher quality, and on and on). Did charters hurt that process ? Yes. But some of them also sped up adoptions of new practices which are improvements on traditional models and helped clear the way for DCPS to adopt those same aspects. Would DCPS eventually have gotten there without charters. I believe yes. But here we are. [/quote]

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