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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is hardly a DC issue. Schools are funded by taxes so in every area of this country, better schools are in better neighborhoods. You get a free education in this country but it's definitely not equal to that of others' if you don't live in a great neighborhood. [/quote]

Not buying that argument at all in DC.  Taxes are not localized within DC like in states and there's no reason why WOTP schools should be better resourced than EOTR schools.  The per student model is even across school and there are additional at-risk funds and federal Title I funds available to less affluent school communities, but there are other disparities obvious and subtle.  Facilities are adequate to excellent in affluent communities and most of the poorest quality facilities are in communities of need.  Affluent schools attract and retain top teachers, get high levels of parent involvement (both $$ and out of school support), and the students do not come to school with the additional burden of poverty, housing instability, food insecurity, etc.  DC has overlooked facility needs at many of its poorest schools but that's only one sign of inequality.

In Connecticut for example, Hartford collects less tax revenue to fund schools than Greenwich, which can thus provide greater funding for public education and exacerbate statewide inequity. CCJEF v. Rell in Connecticut is a long running case challenging this very issue in civil litigation and the matter currently awaits decision.  The case challenges the structural inequality of having statewide mandatory universal schooling funding by such a wide range of municipalities with varying funding capacity.
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You are really silly if you think facilities make the school. Janney is s overcrowded and kids in trailers and its still one of the top schools in DC and the region.    Dunbar is a brand new school and its only at 45% capacity and abysmal from a discipline and academic persective.  its about the families and thats it. [/quote]

You're absurd if you draw that conclusion which I never made on quality.  You're also absurd if you can ignore where the biggest resource allocations land.  And last I checked Dunbar is WOTR[/quote] what is your point about Dumbar being WOTR, its brand new and my point is that a shiny new facility does not have any significant impact on test scores.   the best teachers can't do much with kids who have been socialy promote since first grade and read on a third grade level in High School. Holy shit, you should hear the stories from DC teachers teachers from some of these schools. Its a lost cause by HS.[/quote]

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