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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No UMC parent would have their kid in DCPS unless there is differentiation and a significant cohort of advanced students

It's time to pull back the curtain and let people know what is really going on

And yes its true if your kid is high performing they are generally going to be ignored in favor or focusing on lower kids to close the achievement gap.  Focusing on higher performing kids makes the achievement gap worse.

This is why UMC of ALL RACES continue to bail on DCPS

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Well I am bailing from private because they don’t do enough differentiation. Teacher told me to go public! Hence why I am on this board. :roll: I don’t think UMC parents understand that privates schools are not gifted schools. Privates are rich people school who give financial aid in the name of diversity.[/quote]

lol well put. [/quote]

it's why people go to the suburbs where there is actual cohorts of high performers in public schools[/quote]

There are high performers in DCPS too! Like people in the suburbs see DC as rich smart white kids in privates and dumb poor minority kids in failing public schools, that really isn’t the DCPS I see. Please recognize your view is a false stereotype. [/quote]

Sorry that's the reality except for the Wilson pyramid.  After elementary school 90% of DCPS is low income.[/quote]

because low-income = dumb and unmotivated? [/quote]

and high income = advanced.

The truth is more complicated.  There are reasons low income schools struggle, but the idea that your high ses child will need a cohort of advanced kids will likely not pan out.  There is a 75% chance your child will be at the middle of the pack or below and a 25% chance your child would benefit from a school that put a lot of emphasis on remediation. Read the teens forum.  Where did all these "advanced" pkers and early elementary kids go? [/quote]

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