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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a black person it pains me to say its largely the percentage of poor blacks in DC that causes a lot of that last place finish. Many generations of low/no opportunity, discrimination etc.  The fact is whites in DC have the highest score of all "states" on that website.  So OP by your selection criteria (this website) DC has the best public schools in the country.

(Or maybe as others have said above, income and test performances correlate.) [/quote]

Not entirely true...check the graduate rates for DCPS, and compare them to Baltimore City, BMORE tops DC in the Category...u telling me that DC is poorer than BMORE? Poor or not DCPS sucks regardless of income. Trust me those wealthy whites kids aren't getting a proper education either...I dont care what the school cheerleaders proclaim on this site[/quote]

If you click on and go into District profiles you can compare DC to comparable cities.  It is doing better than Cleveland, LA, Baltimore City and Detroit.  It is lagging behind NYC, Chicago and Boston.  I did not look at all the cities because I don't think some of them are comparable.  I lived in Tampa, FL (Hillsborough County) and there is no way you can compare Tampa to DC.  Therefore, some of the comparisons don't correlate.  I don't know enough about Dallas, Houston, and others  to have an opinion.  [/quote]

This also has a lot to do with income/educational level.  Whites in DC tend to be better educated and rarely poor.  Not so for African-Americans where there's some of everyone, including a large amount of low-income, undereducated individuals.  Cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Baltimore don't have the same mix of incomes as DC, NYC or Chicago.  [/quote]

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