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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly! Saying private schools and test-in suburban GT magnet schools are better is not comparing apples to apples.  BASIS is FREE and takes anyone who gets a seat from a RANDOM LOTTERY.  It’s hard to compete with the quality of education provided by the private and suburban schools and yet BASIS does on a certain level and under a much more challenging set of circumstances.[/quote]

I think it's fair to point out that top privates and test-in suburban GT magnets are better when one DCUM poster after another claims that a BASIS DC education is fantastic, world-class, unrivaled, a USNWR rankings star. Just not the whole story. If you're determined to be mired in relativism, go for it.[/quote]

I'm one of many Basis parents who's posted here acknowledging the shortcomings of the school, but still stating that we feel lucky that our kids are learning and are generally happy and secure in a public DC school that goes through high school. I'm also glad that they are in a school that is much more economically and racially diverse than many suburban schools, even as I know that it's way richer and whiter than the DC school population as a whole.[/quote]

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