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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know it may freak the heck out of DCUM, but I bet you'd find good education going on at Raymond. Now, you won't see the school administration out there building a reputation for itself.  You have a student population that is STRICTLY poor AND minority. And test scores reflecting student backgrounds, life experiences, maternal education, etc.  
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But the teaching is probably pretty good.[/b]  That has been what I've seen in DCPS.  I want to challenge everyone here to get willing to truly integrate DCPS and see what happens. Your kids, my kids, will be OK.

DS attends a similar school, one that people claim is "up and coming" and all of that. Truth is, it's the same high-minority, high-poverty school as most of DC with a sprinkling of kids who aren't, but somehow its reputation has broken past  barriers for many educated families. It's not an "emperor without clothes"/grit your teeth/willful blindness thing - it's that for too long we have shut our eyes to educational opportunities and only looked at the children in the schools and asked whether it was acceptable to mix them with our children.

I think you really need a laser focus on the learning possibilities within each school.  Maybe at some point things were just terrible, but a good education really is possible in many, many more DCPS than people are putting on their lists.

This is not the majority opinion among the educated in DC though it may get nominal lip service face to face (as opposed to anonymously).

This being 'Murica, it is almost certainly not the majority opinion in any place that includes diverse communities across race and class who do not otherwise integrate significantly.

But, as you're coming into DCPS from outside with a fresh perspective, challenge yourself. I don't mean to insult anyone here, but take a look at lots of schools.  Open houses are starting. Seriously, take a chance. [/quote]

100% incorrect (having worked in the EC classrooms at Raymond.)[/quote]

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