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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are your experiences there?  I have heard from multiple people that it's the best public (by far) in DC.  Do you agree?  I am debating a move at the moment.[/quote]

Definitely not one of the best bay far. It's definitely top 5 in my opinion. Test scores wise it's top 5 but not #1. The thing it has going for it over other schools that score higher is that it feeds to Deal. If you compare subgroups, Hearst does better and also feeds to Deal but smaller and more diverse community. It's a great school. Personally, I wouldn't choose it if I had the choice. It's a little too crowded and not as diverse as I'd like. [/quote]

Not "diverse" ???

Janney is very diverse.  There are all types and many languages spoken there.

White, black, European, Indian, Asian, Hispanic ,and mixed race kids, how much more diverse do you want it ???[/quote]

New PP. Yes, not diverse neither racially or socioeconomically.[/quote]

Agree. Diverse means a good amount of everything not 75% of one thing and a smattering of others.

Deal, Wilson, and Walls are diverse -- no majority population at any of them. Hearst mirrors the city demographics almost to a kid -- also no majority population. Ross is 51% white, but still diverse. Interesting note, only Murch has someone in every category, no 0% categories (but still 62% white - very international, but still majority white). [/quote]

Hardy is way diverse, and how many Janney parents would trade their right to send their kids to Deal for Hardy.  Come on, raise your hands.   We can't see them.   :lol:  :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

Good point. Hardy also has someone in every category, no 0%s; but, like Ross, it has a majority population (57% black), so it is not as diverse as Deal, Wilson, and Walls. Tiny too! I'd expect more families to be interested if they prefer small schools. It seems like everything people love about Hearst exists at Hardy.[/quote]

Last I checked, this thread was about Janney.  And while Hearst seems to be a nice, up-and-coming school, the fact is that there's no one in the Janney district who would choose Hearst over Janney.  And it's certainly the case that no one with a right to go to Deal would give that up for Hardy.   The qualitative difference there just can't be overlooked.[/quote]

If by up and coming you mean [b]superior sub group test scores[/b], then you are correct.  [/quote]

Explain, in plain English.[/quote]

NP.
White kids performed better on PARCC at Hearst than Janney
Non Low-income students perform better in PARCC at Hearst than Janney.[/quote]

Hearst is something like only 30% IB. So some white kids from higher income families perform better on PARCC,  Big surprise.  How do African-American students score at Hearst?  Low-income family students?   What time and resources do teachers have to spend on remedial attention for those who perform significantly below a number of their classmates?  What level do classroom teachers have to teach to, to reach most of the students?[/quote]

As mentioned upthread, it still is a big sign that when you're comparing subgroups that Janney is being beat by many other schools. Why do you not care about that? Hearst and Eaton pretty well with AA scores as well as non farm. I think Eaton, Stoddert, and Hearst do amongst the best in the city.

How about Janney? How do they do with AA and low income? Oh, that's right, there's not enough of them to know.[/quote]

NP here. Frankly, as a parent whose kids will likely attend Janney in a few years, those minute difference is recent test scores don't concern me at all. I am confident my kids will be fine at Janney, and they probably would also be fine at Hearst or Stoddert or Eaton. This competition about overall similar test scores is insane, and it's funny to watch how on a thread where barely anyone has touted Janney as the best, there is such a concerted effort to point out that it isn't based on the recent PARCC. This really says more about you all than about Janney.[/quote]

It's not just the most recent test where Janney lags behind its peers. It's past 4 that I know of. OP is the one that asked was Janney the best. People are simply pointing out other schools that do better to refute "Janney being the best."

Stop trying to downplay Janney parents. I'm sure 95% of them are great people. But I wish I could ring a bell every time a Janney parent touted being the best or saying stuff like "there's Janney and then there's everyone else" or "there's a reason why J is first and it's not alphabetical." When you get posts like that all the time, people are going to deflate those posters by pointing out that Janney is overcrowded and not even the best test wise. [/quote]

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