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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d start with this article. Shows what they’re doing with Chicago being 85% low income. You can tell that’s where DC is moving towards. I suspect all these re-zoner advocates are going to be in for a rude awakening in 3-5 years. Now is the time to buy in Montgomery County!

“research shows that middle-class students tend to do as well academically in economically mixed schools. But more than that, there's emerging research to suggest that, indeed, middle-class students benefit from both economic and racial diversity.”

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/16/515788673/try-this-one-trick-to-improve-student-outcomes

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/19/446085513/the-evidence-that-white-children-benefit-from-integrated-schools

https://tcf.org/content/facts/the-benefits-of-socioeconomically-and-racially-integrated-schools-and-classrooms/?session=1

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ995900.pdf

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But Wilson is already the type of income-diverse and racially-diverse school that Kahlenberg is arguing for.  His solution for including more and more people in the integrated schools is by creating more Wilsons and by slowly bringing more middle-class families back into the system.

Blowing up Wilson by going all-lottery is not consistent with Kahlenberg’s prescriptions.[/quote]

You are in deep deep denial if you think Wilson is going to stay 30% black, 20% Hispanic, and 20% low income in even 4 years. As is, the only way minority or low income students (outside of the handful at WOTP feeder schools) get to Wilson is Hardy, Adams, Shepherd, and Bancroft. Most here are advocated why Bancroft and Shepherd should go away and we all know Hardy is changing rapidly to eliminate that pipeline. If things continue the way they are, and if Shepherd and Bancroft get re-zones, Wilson would be richer and whiter than any of the MoCo HSs. We’re talking 5% low income (maybe) and 80-85% white.[/quote]

The only way Wilson approaches anywhere near 80–85% white is if Janney is the only feeder.  60-65% white is conceivable.

Income diversity is a different matter.  Wilson feeders have a low percentage of economically disadvantaged students.  One question, though:  How does DCPS definition of economically disadvantaged students compare to Kahlenberg’s low-income?  Is it the same?[/quote]

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