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[quote=Anonymous]I posted a few schools - 00:23 on the person looking for diverse schools etc. in Rockville (I posted a variety of schools, not just Rockville)

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/250643.page

Basically I came up with the list by looking at the MCPS elementary schools at a glance where there was enough of a Afr-American population to post results, the Farms % for the group was less than half of the Afr-American population, the scores for Afr-American on the TN2 had atleast roughly 70% or more above the 50 percentile in reading and math, the disparity among Afr-American and the other sub groups did not appear that great, and when you looked at the overall diversity it was maybe 40% non-white.  I looked at schools in Potomac, Rockvile, Kensington, Silver Spring, Bethesda, and maybe Gaithersburg.  Why I was up at midnight doing this, I don't know, curiosity I guess and maybe wishing I had looked at the data like that before I purchased.  Also, I just eyeballed the data, no spreadsheets.

Also, don't forget that you can be part of the solution too, not just as part of working with your child but working with other parents.  There was an article in the Washington Post about parents in Ashburn, VA (Club 2012) that pulled together in middle school and high school that made sure their kids did well in school and had a peer group to help keep them on track.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/club-2012-black-parents-who-made-sure-their-sons-succeeded-in-school/2012/06/13/gJQAnEdZcV_story.html

I will add that my kids are multi-racial and I'm African-American. [/quote]

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