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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC's POPULATION:
45.4% Black or African American
4.1% Asian
5.2% Hispanic White
0.3% Native American and Alaskan Native
42.5% White
 4.4% Some Other Race, 0.1% Pacific Islander and 3.3% from two or more races
 
WALLS BREAKDOWN:
25%  Black/African-American
7%  Asian
13%  Hispanic / Latino
<1%  Native American / Alaska Native
50%  White non-Hispanic
5%  Multiracial

So Walls is actually quite diverse, people always use this word incorrectly. A 95% black school isn't diverse. The problem is we need to get more Black students into Walls. The problem is DC's Black population skews poor. That's what needs to be fixed. Those kids aren't going to elementary and middle schools that prepare them for success. They are lacking resources at home, at school, and in their communities. My guess is most poor Black kids are never told they can take the test and get into a good HS. Walls should start a program, but the problem is far too entrenched for it to be on the shoulders of one magnet public school in the city. [/quote]

City population isn’t relevant. DCPS population is. According to the Post article, 15% of DCPS students are white; 60% are black.[/quote]
PP here. Yes this is excellent and necessary information to determine how to fix the problem. That is what we need. [/quote]

Walls and Banneker are widely known as the two best test-in DCPS high schools and they are roughly the same size. Banneker by reputation is akin to an HBCU and has nearly zero white students. So in effect all of the top white students only apply to Walls while top black students apply to [b]both[/b] Walls and Banneker. As a result, Banneker has a higher than average share of black students (73%) while Walls has a higher than average white students (51%). That's largely an artifact of where students apply.

There are three other factors in play. First, Banneker just opened its amazing new state-of-the-art $130 million campus which is now larger and located in much more convenient location. This very likely increased the number of top black students applying to and attending Banneker over Walls this past year. Second, Walls pulls top white students from private middle schools as well. So looking just at the percentage of white students in DCPS understates the base of white students who apply to Walls. Third, the [u]entire[/u] Walls leadership team including the principal is black, as is the mayor and school chancellor. It would seem very odd to me that they would have an interest in disadvantaging black students. More likely they are basing entry on which students they think can handle the rigor at Walls. I have a very smart student at Walls who has to work very hard to do well; the academics are no joke.[/quote]

This post makes a lot of sense compared with the knee jerk reflexive posters who shout racism without any factual information [/quote]

This post claimed:

Walls (and dcps/dc) can’t have racist tendencies bc they have black leadership: false
Walls is too hard for black kids: what?

PP, you thinking this made sense is actually more racist than the post you responded too. My goodness[/quote]

Another DCUM post about DCPS descends into madness.  Just close this thread.[/quote]

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