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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11:47 is completely naive.[i] Look at the appreciation in Ward 3 as opposed to the rest of the city and tell me that charter schools haven't made a difference[/i]. We would have left for MD or VA if we had to stay in Ward 6 middle and high schools. Now that we are happily in a charter, you can enjoy your Ward 3 IB schools like Wilson in peace.

The "all together now, everyone jump!" thing can work in elementary, but not that many high ses families are willing to sacrifice their child's chances of getting into a good college (and succeeding there) once you get to middle and high school.[/quote]

your naïve if you reduce this entire argument to real estate values.  that has to be the most tired persistent argument on this entire board.[/quote]

The changing demographics of the city outside of Ward 3 are also an indicator, if you don't like using real estate values as a measure.[/quote]

demographics not changing as rapidly for single families as they are for other groups.  [b]more young professionals have settled in DC but the school population impact has a long way to go.[/b]  Whatever demographic changes you imply, DC is still just under 50% black and 10% Hispanic and both groups are represented disproportionately high to the overall public school population (67% & 17%).  3/4 of DC public school students qualify for free and reduced lunch.

I raise this as emphatically neutral and non-judgmental as possible  --  a lot of posters here need to get out of their bubbles.[/quote]

A long way to go toward what?  And what's a single family?

I'm not sure what measurement you're using, but the demographic shift toward families with educated parents is happening very rapidly.

http://apps.urban.org/features/ourchangingcity/schools/index.html#index

I dug up this old report from Urban Institute (I think it's from 2014) and it credits universal pre-kindergarten as the factor that's keeping families in the district, and I think that's probably about right.  As much as people look down their noses at those who want "free daycare," it's pretty much what gets new parents into the schools in the first place.[/quote]

no -- the evidence points largely to unmarried younger professionals.

http://districtmeasured.com/2015/02/18/who-lives-where-in-the-district/

There's no large influx of young families, only families formed from this demographic.  I agree that more families are staying and giving DC a shot
but the evidence doesn't support a large growth of families in DC[/quote]

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