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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve made the opposite move, and are much happier in NWDC. It’s more beautiful than NOVA, and we love our DCPS elementary school much more. Teachers and families are great, it feels much more personal. I think some DC schools got so much better that this stereotype about NOVA schools being the best seems really outdated now.[/quote]

Straw-man argument. Everyone knows DCPS has some decent elementary schools but the quality drops off sharply in middle and high school.  Wilson would be in the bottom 1/3 in APS and bottom 1/4 in FCPS or LCPS.[/quote]

It doesn’t really, unless you’re comparing cumulative scores of non-diverse and diverse schools for some reason. Our friend’ kids are doing great in Wilson. [/quote]

If your kids privileged background ensures their success no matter where they go to school, would you feel comfortable sending them to Roosevelt?[/quote]

Shocked that it's crickets.  [/quote]

I live in DC and didn't respond because my oldest is in third and we're IB for Wilson, as probably many here are.  I don't know anything about Roosevelt and not sure I've ever heard of it.  Presumably it's in DC.

I think parental education level/resources matter for academic outcomes, as the data suggests.  But I'd also want a decent-sized peer group of motivated students--especially those that look like mine (I'm not white).  Wilson seems to have that.

We'll also look at Walls too, if my kids can cut it, and possibly Ellington (currently doesn't seem very strong for academic outcomes, but will watch for improvement in the next few years).[/quote]

Same here.  Plus, that argument was a total straw man -- just because you're willing to send your kid to Wilson doesn't mean you think that they would do equally well in any school, no matter what.  I wouldn't send my kid to Roosevelt, at least not as it stands, but that could change if the school changed in some ways.  But I do plan to send my kid to Wilson -- again, unless things change such that I change my mind.  [/quote]

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