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But LT *already* has better scores, without the high-SES kids you seem to think are necessary to achieve that. What school is better, the one that's able to teach the kids they have, or the one that's counting on high-SES kids (presumed to be better prepared) to get its scores up?[/quote]

[b]In a city with neighborhood schools, the better school is the school that serves the neighborhood better.[/b]  Maury now draws in the majority of young children from the geographical area it serves while LT is years away from doing so, if it ever does.  Maury isn't counting on high-SES kids to raise test scores, it's mainly serving the children who live within walking distance of the school, whatever their situations.

Please, high SES kids aren't "presumed" to be better prepared than low SES kids collectively, they are because they're taught far more outside the classroom than inside.   If you doubt this, look at the test scores for Watkins students broken down by subgroup.  The gap between the scores of the Watkins white kids, AA kids and FARMs kids is a shocker when you consier that many of the kids being tested have had the very same teachers since age 3.  A film maker should do a documentary on what causes the disparities at Watkins.  [/quote]

I think one could do a film at Watkins on a number of topics ......, including bizarre safety issues.  Not sure how many of those "white kids" are left, but IB percentages appear to be dwindling.  Maybe the new first graders will bring back the IB percentages.  But I don't see the people in charge settling for 4 classes IB when they should get funded for 5.  Time will tell.  Hope I'm wrong.

But I also think L-T is going to flip to being a neighborhood school more quickly that you may predict.  When it does, a lot of those "white kids" IB to L-T will jump ship to L-T in droves.  Fair weather friends to Watkins....  I still don't get it with L-T - only 2 classes per grade at L-T and yet the 'hood shuns it for Watkins.  The L-T 'hood could "take over" L-T instantaneously if they decided to do just that.

What you wrote that I bolded above is right on, IMO.  [/quote]

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