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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, find a middle road but don't blame parents for the rise of what you term unnecessarily homogenized schools.  DC politicians and school system leaders made the decision to stuck with a neighborhood school system through the decades, even as a number of other large US cities jettisoned theirs (San Fran and Boston being the most notable examples).  They also made the decision not to create or fund formal GT programs that could have motivated high SES parents to enroll their kids in certain T1 schools in large numbers, and stick with these programs.

DC parents buy pricey real estate to access strong by-right schools seem to have done their research.  We bought in-boundary for Brent mainly for strong math for a math gifted child.  We found that he would have ready access to math classes (led by a teacher and serving same-age peers) two years ahead of grade level from 3rd grade. We checked around and couldn't find another school EotP offering math even a year above grade level that wasn't taught by a computer.  Robust PTA fundraising provides, um, great opportunities.[/quote]

Your attitude depresses me. It begins from the position that rich families make the best classmates. It also suggests that teachers in other schools only teach to the slowest kids and by extension they aren’t good teachers. Get out of your snob bubble.[/quote]

This is old but the graph is instructive. Buying IB for a "top" DCPS ain't cheap. Interesting that housing in bounds for Garrison is as expensive as in bounds for Eaton. Personally I prefer Shaw for its other amenities (I hate suburban lifestyle) but I'm sure others disagree.
Your myopia isn't a ray of sunshine either.  I'm not white and grew up poor in NYC, where I was served by stellar GT programs from K-12, enabling me to attend an Ivy on massive fi aid. Not much hope for the likes of me in DCPS.

At Brent, the PTA pays for a seriously good after-school tutoring program for kids who struggle, head and shoulders above what DCPS would have provided. The snob bubble has its uses.

Few families in our neighborhood are "rich."  Most public school parents work for Uncle Sam or other outfits which don't pay terribly well. The crux of the problem is a vast high SES-low SES achievement/education gap in a poorly run city, with a school system that doesn't look out for ES and MS advanced learners across the socio-economic spectrum. As a New Yorker, I find this "attitude" on the part of DCPS' leadership depressing.[/quote]

https://districtmeasured.com/2015/07/20/the-cost-of-a-guaranteed-spot-in-a-dcps-elementary-school/

Interesting graph, if a few years old. Buying in bounds for "top" schools ain't cheap. [/quote]

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