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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fine for UMC white families perhaps, but ambitious black families can’t risk it. [/quote]

if a white UMC kid graduates eastern, they will likely get into the college of their choice[/quote]

False. I wish people would stop saying this. [/quote]

Why is that false?[/quote]

Because there is no magic loophole whereby your (likely average) white kid suddenly gets into Yale because they deigned to go to a poor, predominantly black school. Relatedly, sending your white kid to Eastern doesn’t actually turn them into an academic superstar just because they are white. And the affluent schools in fact have resources that in some respects makes the education better (better teachers, more focused on college prep, better labs, etc). people who believe this have some strange belief in the power of whiteness - “my kid’s whiteness will excel anywhere without any effort!”[/quote]

I think many people genuinely underestimate the resources that E-H and Eastern have, because they’re not something that you would see in CAPE scores. [/quote]

It doesn’t matter what resources or facilities.  What matters is being challenged academically and being prepared for the next stage which is college.

Parents will choose academics everyday over a school with less resources and facilities.  Case in point charters no matter how many millions DCPS puts into extra programming or facilities.[/quote]

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