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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ Ah, take a look around you. The neighborhood is looking awfully high-SES. Those people tend to have higher expectations, they pay more taxes, and they expect some bang for the buck. Right now they're paying for an empty shell (as far as the 'hood is concerned). That's a problem that needs correcting. [/quote]

Sigh..... I'd get all the "Ludlow is terrible" statements if Ludlow was in fact a really low performing school. But LT and Maury are basically identical in terms of performance (well actually Ludlow has more advanced students).  I guarantee you if Ludlowhad the same IB rates as Maury  then suddenly it would become an 2nd tier, it school. [/quote]

You don't have buy in from a lot of the neighborhood, yet.  Hopefully that'll happen ASAP with the new principal.  Don't you want a neighborhood school?  Are you even IB to L-T, or just trolling?[/quote]

Different poster, but I really don't give a damn about "neighborhood schools." In a city with the residential segregation of the district (both racial and economic), I just don't think they make sense.[/quote]

but did the old approach of not emphasizing neighborhood schoolls get you integrated schools? Or just families goiing to privates and the suburbs?

Wouldn't a reasonable proportion of OOB (20%?) combined with more attention to inclusionary zoning to get better SES residential integration be more likely to succeed in getting integrated schools, while also getting the benefits of neighborhood schools? [/quote]

I don't know that you can compare the "old approach." The city continues to change dramatically -- it depends on what time frame you're talking about when you say "old," how the economy & political situation were different, etc. In the 1970s, it seemed like there were white kids at Brent, but not at other EOTP schools; most of the white kids I knew on the Hill attended private schools. OTOH, that was within a decade of the riots on H Street. Or take Payne -- yeah, you can say the demographics today don't reflect the IB demographics, but 20 years ago, the corner of 15th & D SE was pretty much a 24/7 crack market. Even Barracks Row is markedly different from what it was just a decade ago.

I don't honestly have the patience to sort through all the charter school demographics, but my impression is that many charter schools are markedly more diverse than the nearby DCPS schools, as are specialized citywide schools like Logan Montessori and SWW.

I think schools should focus on serving the students they have with the strongest academic program they can provide. I think DCPS central office should reward capable & motivated teachers and administrators (I would put Cobbs among those) with greater autonomy to create strong programs and get rid of those who've lost (or never had) the skill and enthusiasm to do a great job.

I also think that, no matter how good a school is or what DCPS does, white parents will be reluctant to attend schools that are less than 10 percent white or more than 80 percent black. I don't know how to address that -- me telling people to get over themselves on DCUM obviously isn't doing the trick. :)

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