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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because BASIS is offers far more serious HS academics than any other DC public school other than the fast track at J-R and Walls for humanities subjects.  I don't care for their AP cram school approach and didn't take the 5th grade spot we got, but there's no denying that their math and science middle and high school prep is head and shoulders above that offered at any other DC public school.  There's also no denying that some of the black families EotP who would have gone with Banneker or a DCPS middle school like Stuart Hobson in the past now head to BASIS. Banneker doesn't seem to be getting any students into MIT, Cal Tech, Princeton engineering.  BASIS does.
Banneker's mediocre STEM prep has lost its sheen with BASIS in town.[/quote]

The question wasn’t “which school offers more AP STEM courses.” The answer to that is obviously Basis. The question was, “how has Basis ‘shaken up’ the DCPS application high school landscape.” And the answer is, it hasn’t. Since Basis opened, neither Banneker nor Walls has changed its curriculum. Walls has dropped the entrance exam. And enrollment (especially non-Black enrollment) is way up at Banneker.

Basis is an escape hatch for a small number of families who want something very particular, figure that out by the time their kid is in 4th grade, and happen to get lucky in the lottery. It has not been a catalyst for systemic change.[/quote]

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