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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s only “great” as compared to the other DCPS high schools.  And with a cherry-picked cohort of on-grade, motivated kids it should be the best HS in DC. But, it would really only be considered[b] a normal, average school in most upper middle class suburbs[/b].  [/quote]

I don't think this is true - your "normal, average" school, even in an upper middle class suburb, is going to have plenty of not particularly bright and/or disruptive kids.  Walls biggest strength is the (almost) uniformly high-achieving cohort.  The disruptive kids have been (for the most part) weeded out (I think disruptive kids have a hard time achieving a 3.9 GPA (application cut off last year) in middle school, even if they are super bright).  So Walls is chock full of high-achieving kids who want to get straight As and who toe the line, for the most part.  Probably why lots of teachers want to teach there. [/quote]

Of course.  But the quality of education the smart kids receive in an upper middle class HS is equivalent to what every SWW kids gets.  There is no magic in the SWW formula other than being self selecting and weeding out the unmotivated kids. That’s the point. [/quote]

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