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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So stay with me for a minute ... let’s bring in (diverse) charters like KIPP and keep them as long as we need them.  Like they did in DC.  Diversify neighborhoods over time and that will lead to desegregated public schools. But more importantly, let’s educate the kids in these areas now. [/quote]

There is nothing diverse about KIPP.

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+1 KIPP and Success Academy models also have enormous problems, including multiple instances of corporal discipline in the classroom, and outrageous violations of student rights (such as being so rigid with bathroom breaks that teenaged girls bleed through their uniforms).

No thank you. [/quote]

Just don’t understand why we aren’t looking at what has clearly been successful in DC.  [b]They’ve made neighborhoods more diverse (adding UMC kids) and increased property values because of those charters. [/b]Just sayin’ ... you can bring more affordable housing to Potomac but also need a way to bring UMC kids to more parts of the county. It needs to go both ways folks.[/quote]

The charters that do a good job raising test scores in poor kids do not attract UMC families in DC.  They have a reputation for being pretty authoritarian and rigid, and I don't think many UMC folks find that appealing.[/quote]

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