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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Different poster. This thread has woken me up to the reality that this city could really use the International Baccalaureate equivalent of SWW. This application school could work as a school within a school program AT Walls. None of the established DCPS or DC Public Charter IB programs sound like they serve the best IBD students well.  [/quote]

Good luck with that. DCPS put IB at Eastern to attract Cap Hill families who said that's what would make them enroll. They didn't enroll. DCPS will -- and frankly should -- say that the Eqstern program would improve if the students came.

I don't think they will throw more money at IB, especially IB for 'the best' students. That's not the priority in a city with thousands of students at risk and performing well below grade level. [/quote]

Yes, yes, nothing is a priority for DCPS but raising PARCC scores for low SES minority kids who need remediation. I don't expect DCPS to see the light--the leadership isn't modern, flexible, pragmatic, strong or visionary--but the demand is real and the possibilities to expand IBD to give the burbs a run for their money are boundless (without breaking the bank).  [/quote]

NP.  Does anyone know what the % is that could potentially benefit from an accelerated curriculum--that is, kids from middle/high SES families--either on the Hill, by ward, or DC-wide?  I agree that the city needs to first do what's best for the majority (i.e., disadvantaged youth who may be in more need of wrap-around services, help getting up to grade level, etc.).  However, I don't know if that low SES majority is 80% or 51% of the population.  If closer to the latter--or rapidly moving in that direction--then I think there's a stronger argument for implementing more rigorous curricula where needed in the city.

Would also be curious to know what the absolute numbers are, not just the kids in public schools, since there are undoubtedly middle/high SES families of all backgrounds who currently have kids in charters and privates, who could possibly move to public if sufficiently rigorous programs were in place.

-an AA parent who knows many other educated AA families in DC with kids in private and charters[/quote]

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