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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I loved the episode and for those who don't think that the same problems are happening in DC are just blind.  Charters regularly take a select population of students and kick out those who require more resources, leaving DCPS with more students who have more needs.  At the same time, the charters erode neighborhood schools leaving them with too small of a population to provide robust offerings.   [/quote]

There has been a lot of research focused on this "cream skimming" hypothesis. None of it paints this black and white, clear picture you're suggesting it does. If you want to engage in real policy conversation, it's good to be grounded in evidence and thoughtful. [/quote]

You can't argue with a straight face that it doesn't exist in DC. How often is the advice lottery and move if you don't get good results? [/quote]

Oh, but I can argue. With a very straight face. You seem to be constructing your opinions based on feelings and what you've "heard" people talk about. Most people in DC cannot move just because they want a different school. The people that can are a tiny slice of DC and aren't/shouldn't be the focus of policy makers. Urban charters serve more students of color and more low income students than do traditional public schools. That's based on data.[/quote]

That tiny slice is the cream. Those are the people who can afford to underwrite PTAs and whose students are going to do the best [/quote]

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