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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a longtime educator in DC, I think widespread integrated schools won't happen without major government action, and that might not work either. Because of the housing segregation in the city, most neighborhoods won't have schools that are that diverse, at least above the Preschool/PreK level.  The few schools that are fairly diverse will be:

-Some charter schools (not the no-excuses kind) that draw from various demographic groups.
-A few schools in gentrifying neighborhoods, or in neighborhoods that are already gentrified but the school hasn't yet. Some may stay pretty diverse (Bancroft), while others may switch to being not diverse in the opposite direction by becoming largely White. Look at the demographics of Brent or Ross from 15 years ago compared to today.
-Deal, Hardy, and Wilson, which have diverse schools as feeders.

Some families of color and white families value diversity, which draws them to the types of schools listed above. Others don't make that a priority. Those that don't make diversity a major factor are usually then fine with high-achieving schools like KIPP (if they are Black), or going to WOTP schools /moving to the suburbs.
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This rings true to me.  I live in a gentrified and really integrated part of Ward 5.  The IB PreK is very diverse through PK and K.  But just about every one of my white neighbors sends their kids to one of the nearby charters or one of the DCPS further into NW.  I THINK the tide may be turning for more people choosing the IB (most of my white neighbors' kids are older than PK), but we'll see over the next few years.  [/quote]

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