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[/quote]Yep, that's the part that bothers me about this conversation. No one wants their kid to endure a class full of disruption but I see a lot of assumptions being made across the board about low-income black children. Sad.[/quote]

What bothers me about this conversation, and L-T's situation is the lack of practicality and focus.  The neighborhood is no longer populated predominantly by low-income black children.  You can argue about assumptions being made about such kids until you're blue in the face without changing anything.  What is obviously true is that most high-SES parents in the Stanton Park neighborhood won't put  their kids in majority AA classes, because AA is highly correlated with socially and academically challenged in DCPS.  Maybe a 1/4 of these are OK with sending their kids to majority AA classes (mostly very liberal whites, vs. high-SES black parents).

To effect change, you need to draw in IB parents, who are mostly white, as a group to K.  To attract them, you need to talk to them, to engage them.  The starting point has to be Cobbs going with her PG County address cheating supporters.

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