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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone ever done a study of the percentage of blacks and Hispanics who graduated with a full IB diploma in FCPS? This might shed light on whether open access to a challenging program makes a difference in black/Hispanic enrollment. 
Also, is there any study on the percentage of black/Hispanic participation in the STEM academies at Marshall, Chantilly and Edison?

The reason I ask these questions is that no one knows why there is a racial disparity at TJ. There's this assumption that there must be something wrong with the admissions process or school culture, but what if it's another reason? Why is no one doing an objective study on this?[/quote]

We have a very good idea. They do not want to spend time and effort to get in, work like crazy and likely end up with average grades and damage their chanced at good colleges after all that effort even if the percentage of them goes up to ten percent. [/quote]
That's an oversimplified explanation. There's so much more involved but I doubt you'd care to dig deeper into the reasons. [/quote]

Oh I am intimately familiar with TJ and have been for 17 years. [/quote]

Then you know that applications have been declining from non-Asian American students.  And you think you know why and aren't interested in changing that.  [/quote]

I am definitely interested in changing that but lottery is definitely not the way to go. We have to recruit more URMs into AAP and have a program for URMs beginning in kindergarten to second grade to provide the rigorous preparation and foundation for them. Improving all struggling elementary schools by moving quality teachers and administrators to those schools will help as well. We want URMs to succeed once they get to TJ not just have them sink or swim. [/quote]

This post is just ... you are uninformed.  FCPS does that and is continuing to expand on the efforts.  [/quote]

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