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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It won't sink in here. It never does. I don't see any opinions being changed here. The only way to counteract them is through engaged political action.[/quote]

Fk that noise. I’m doing what’s best for junior. Keep your social engineering to yourself.[/quote]

I send my kids to a Title 1 elementary school because it's a good place for them. Make schools appealing to the parents you want to attract and they'll come. Not complicated, and not "engaged political action." There was a thread about ms/hs recently and so many parents would be happy to send their kids to existing dcps middle schools that aren't hardy or deal if they just committed to a curriculum that would be appropriate/challenging. [/quote]

this. the Brookings paper literally said the only important factor in education policy is addressing disadvantages. with that kind of belief, why in the world do they think they are going to get any sort of buy-in from people to send their kids to struggling schools?[/quote]

sorry forgot to add: what’s particularly galling is that DC is actually soooo the right place to just make a little more effort for integration. we already have a strong foundation with charters and DCPS middle/HS integration. And DC parents in places like Ward 6 are almost certainly more willing than most to put diversity in the mix of factors. but it’s not going to happen if the premise is “what’s best for my child” is a racist way to think. [/quote]

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