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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Banneker and SWW are the best in DC, then they should get higher then average test scores, even with poverty. We need a new, harder, magnet school.[/quote]

You don't make any sense.  The kids are poor and poverty matters.  Are the kids just as smart as those in privates, absolutely.  You can't make up 8 years of a lack of exposure in 4.  Start your school if you are so hung up on SAT scores.  You are the one getting left behind or wasting your money on privates when it's not necessary.

I have friends who went to Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech.  Those schools have resegregated, just as TJ has.  You favor scores instead of the whole child.  Remember, Asian countries do great in testing, but the US still has a stronger economy.  That means being successful is more important than scores.

Hell - home school.  Your kid can be incredibly bright.  I hope to God they go into the sciences b/c otherwise, they will be so damn odd, no one will want to hire them.[/quote]

PP here.
The points outlined are scattered and nonsensical as a group. I will respond to each one separately.
Even with poverty, given that these kids are DC's best, they should get test scores significantly higher then average. The measure for intelligence compared to TJ and Blair is test scores, and I never said a word about private schools. Charters cannot be started that are also magnet schools thanks to DC laws. I do not see how I am left behind in any way, and I never said anything about private schools. Resegregation is not a word, and electing based on knowledge has nothing to do with race, and implying that selecting by knowledge is selecting by race (which is what segregation legally means) is in itself racist.  In academics, test scores (which is how intelligence and retention of material are measured) are much more important then the whole child, which in my humble opinion is just a meaningless buzzword anyway. The "Hell - homeschool." comment makes absolutely zero sense, and I never said anything about home school. Personal attacks on children only serve to diminish your credibility, and are completely irrelevant to magnet schools in DC.  [/quote]

They do not do well on APs at Banneker, based on the college readiness score (25% what is offered, 75% performance), so how well do you think they do in college?  I want to see not only acceptances but GRADUATION rates, and so far from all the Banneker supporters (and SWW) we have seen absolutely NOTHING.[/quote]

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