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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“research shows that middle-class students tend to do as well academically in economically mixed schools. But more than that, there's emerging research to suggest that, indeed, middle-class students benefit from both economic and racial diversity.”

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/16/5157886...ck-to-improve-student-outcomes

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/19/4460855...enefit-from-integrated-schools

https://tcf.org/content/facts/the-benefits-of-soci...ools-and-classrooms/?session=1

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ995900.pdf [/quote]

NP here, but the only things the studies cite is that standardized test scores don't dip and kids "might" become more empathtic and work well in groups. The first one is too low and too general a fact to convince me that my particular kids would attend the same colleges they might if they were at Wilson. The second two are not science, but theory and unproven theory at that. Separately, Wilson is very diverse -- a lot more diverse than most other DC highschools. [/quote]

*diverse for now. Won’t be diverse at all once Hardy is 90% IB and of Shepherd/Bancroft get booted like most want.

I’ll do y’all one better. How about you show me a study that shows wealthy white kids are harmed by SES/racial diversity? [/quote]

By what definition? Most of these studies talk about standardized test scores and college-readiness. That is not the threshold for success that I want for my kids. I don't want them to aim for a middling college degree. And again, telling me that in general test scores don't dip doesn't convince me that my particular children won't see a difference in achievement if they attend a school like Coolidge where only 62% of freshman complete 9th grade in one year and with 0% of AP performance.[/quote]

Your rich white kid will do just fine at Coolidge. If these kids can go to good colleges (and they are likely low income themselves) despite going to a school with low graduate rate (BECAUSE they are low income), the your wealthy white can excel too.

https://dcps.dc.gov/node/1411236
https://dcps.dc.gov/node/1410991
https://dcps.dc.gov/node/1409386

*they only featured 2 kids each school 
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You are taking 3 people and extrapolating.

But lets poke a little further into these bios:

1) Tenyeh Dixon --- is a football recruit. https://247sports.com/Player/Tenyeh-Dixon-46051046/

2) Betelhem Mekonnen (C’23), an incoming first-year student from Washington, DC, says Georgetown’s pre-college programs prepared her well as she transitions into being a student at a top university...[b]Mekonnen, a valedictorian of Coolidge High School i[/b]n Northwest DC, took part in Georgetown’s College Exposure-Dual Enrollment Program, which allows high school seniors from DC public schools to enroll in courses at local universities.

-CMEA college preparatory programs join a number of others across campus that reinforce the university’s commitment to [b]improved access to higher education for students from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds[/b].

-- So she's the valedictorian and got into a program designed for students who are disadvantaged.

3) Olinda Rodriguez  -- won one of 24 FCBA scholarships given to DC high schoolers. Additionally, GW ranks 70th by USN. Not my goal for my kid.

Thrilled for all these kids, but I don't see how these three kids tell me anything about how my kids will perform. [/quote]

Betelhem Mekonnen did well at Coolidge, cos small school so hard working, well-behaved, motivated Ethiopian students can work together and rise to the top at that school right now. If you'd have sent her or another very small group of like-minded students to Ballou, I doubt she'd have survived more that a couple of days! So it depends on the school, the populations, if low SES students have a support network, etc. As Coolidge expands and more non-ELL students attend maybe they won't perform so well, it's all relative. Parents have to make wise choices, sometimes what appears on paper may not seem a good school but there are many ways to rise to the top and succeed.  Congratulations to Belelham and any other DCPS graduated seniors![/quote]

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