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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel conflicted about this.  I guess it boils down to whether you think school choice is good or whether it hurt neighborhood schools.  The easier it is to go to a "better" school across town the less incentive their is to invest in your community.  I know I wouldn't send my kids to many of the schools in Wards 7 & 8 so I don't blame those families for looking for other options.  But how will those schools improve and attract more families if everyone bails.  Its complicated.   [/quote]

I love this white savior here.

It’s not just that black people and brown people are supposed to survive in a climate of racial prejudice, it’s also our job to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and improve failing schools as well. [/quote]

The best elementary school in DC is Janney, in Ward 3.  Ever given any thought as to why?  Parental involvement.  Parental involvement with the school, with DCPS, with their community AND WITH THEIR CHILDREN.  Doesn't matter who you are, parental involvement - on multiple levels - is required for a school to be successful. You need a sizeable group of parents prioritizing education in their family and their community in order to make a school successful.  Janney hasn't always been high performing and it hasn't always been crowded.  Same with Deal and Wilson, which, not surprisingly, are the middle and high schools for Janney kids. Again, none of those 3 schools would be worth a damn without the parents involved in that school.  That's what the PP is talking about.  And, frankly, any parent in Ward 3 would understand exactly what PP was getting at with her comment. Parents investing in their neighborhood schools, community and their kids is the (not so) secret sauce.    Not sure what racial prejudice has to do with anything and, in particular, why it would prevent you from reading to your children from the day they are born, filling your house with books, never buying them an electronic device, and taking them to the library and free Smithsonian museums whenever you have time to spend together.
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are you saying that it is good parenting to "never buy your child an electronic device"? do you live in 1994?[/quote]

PP here.  Yes, I am. Electronic devices exist so parents can ignore their children.[/quote]

Does that include the electronic device you're using to try to condescend to the world at large on DCUM?  Because your kids could use a lesson plan for tomorrow.  Why are you ignoring them?  Do you want to get kicked out of Janney?[/quote]

Focusing on an arguably inconsequential detail of my larger point, shows you have nothing.[/quote]

Your larger point is just pontificating online about how awesome it is to be inbounds for the richest elementary in DC and attributing all the benefits of a high SES cohort to the moral fortitude of the parents.  It's all nonsense that's been debunked a million times.  It's not an argument, it's public masturbation.[/quote]

IF all it took to make a school successful was money then please explain why all the millions of dollars that are plowed into the underperforming schools every single year doesn't make a difference.  Also, are you really arguing that parental involvement doesn't matter?[/quote]

High SES cohort and per pupil expenditure are not the same thing.  Weird that your focus on education didn't result in any understanding of the issues.[/quote]

Weird that you keep focusing on ridiculously trivial details. I'm fairly certain most heart surgeons and/or nuclear scientists do NOT understand what "SES cohort" means.  Guess they are dumb too, huh?  Seriously, why can't you just admit that PARENTING MATTERS?  IS there something offensive about this statement?[/quote]

Different poster. [b]You’re equating good parenting with wealth and bad parenting with poverty and being black. [/b]So yeah, you sound racist af and offensive to anyone with shred of decency.

Side note, maybe you want to get off your phone and teach your kids how to be decent human beings so they don’t turn into you?  Better yet, hire someone else as you don’t seem to have any decency, human kindness, or tolerance.  [/quote]

Sorry but that is YOUR equation.  As I mentioned, my single, immigrant mom, working two jobs with zero support, raised us to value education, over all else. We lived in poverty growing up.  It is not about money -- unless you are grasping for ways to defend bad parenting (i.e. parents who live in poverty are "too preoccupied" with the dysfunction around them to buy their kids books and provide incentives for finishing homework.) In any event, your approach isn't doing anyone any favors..  You can keep insulting people who speak the truth but it won't change the truth.  Keep on throwing money at the problem and all that means is your tax dollars are being wasted.[/quote]

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