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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are a few ideas:

1. Strong girls sports, such as soccer, swimming, softball, and volleyball, not just basketball and bowling (seriously, this is offered in DCPS)

2. English/literature classes that don't JUST focus on authors of color, which must be the new way to supposedly get students of color to read. However,an sole focus on this can become off-putting to white students, as they are always in a bad light. There should be a variety of books read and discussed.

3. No social promotion in any grade. Nothing like accountability to get all students up to speed.

4. Foreign language classes daily. [/quote]

Very good ideas...[/quote]

+1 .  In general, a very strong focus on academic preparation and accountability for bad behavior.[/quote]

I'm a white parent and none of the above matters to me (although I would like my child to be fluent in Spanish by 12th grade).  I went to a charter school open house recently and I was really turned off by the narrow focus on "academic excellence" and the negative approach to discipline (all the examples offered were of children being caught doing things wrong).  When I think about why I might pull my child from public school, my dealbreakers are overly harsh discipline, drill and kill and test prep academics, not enough recess, and teachers not having enough autonomy in the classroom.  [/quote]

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