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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. Deal has one of the biggest achievement gaps in the city - race, econ disadvantaged, special needs and at risk.

And it isn't because the white kids are any farther ahead of their peers in the rest of the city.  [/quote]

So achievement gaps will exist no matter how diverse the school?  Then why bother trying to attract higher SES kids into Brookland, Eastern, etc.   it won't make the AA, econ disadvantaged, Sp Needs and at risk perform any better by being with White kids.[/quote]

OP here.  To answer your question, "why bother trying to attract higher SES kids into Brookland, Eastern, etc."?  First, there's an assumption that you're making that the goal is to "attract higher SES kids."  Maybe others have that assumption, but I was thinking about higher achieving kids regardless of how wealthy their parents are.  I think the reasons that DCPS should be trying to attract them are (1) DCPS should be trying to give the best education it can to all students, (2) [b]by creating programs that are favored by relatively high achieving kids from relatively affluent backgrounds, you also create programs attractive to high achieving kids from relatively un-affluent backgrounds,[/b] (3) you create a culture where the emphasis is no longer limited to just focusing on raising the performance of the worst students, and (4) you attract more kids to under enrolled schools.  [/quote]

That is an assumption, not a given. High-achieving students of different SES levels may find different things attractive in a school.[/quote]

Yes, it is an assumption.  Which is all we have until we give it a try, and I think we should.[/quote]

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