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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are the entire student bodies doing at those schools, not just the white kids?  I have asked about successful middle schools, not just schools where white kids can succeed.  (and by white kids in DC I mean advantaged kids because, unlike many other places, most white kids in DC are children of educated parents that elect to live here)[/quote]

You seem to be wanting it both ways.

You appear to concede that test results are largely a reflection of demographics. Yet you want to judge the success of a schools based on "entire student bodies" despite huge demographic disparities between schools.

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I asked about successful middle schools and I did not limit it to the white kids.  [b]If you want the high performing non-white children to go there you better be able to show more than the white kids do well.  [/b]

DC has done extremely well in early childhood education, why was that successful and their attempts improve middle schools mostly a failure?

[b]DC has high performing magnet high schools and Wilson.   Why is that?[/b] Why is Banneker such a huge success for AA students?[/quote]

I'm having a hard time understanding your definition of "high performing."

Only 9.9 percent of black students at Wilson meet or exceed expectations for math. By contrast, at Jefferson, 18.3 of black students meet or exceed math expectations (and 33.7% meet or exceed ELA expectations).

So do you believe that Wilson is able to show that "more than white kids do well." How about Jefferson?

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Whatever.  It is possible to have a conversation without being aggressive and mean in your response.  Why don't you try that and perhaps we can have a useful conversation.

I do not know Jefferson but there have been interesting posts after this one on the history of Capital Hill Schools.

The question posed in this thread was about the future of middle and high schools in Capital Hill so Wilson is not really in the mix, but it is considered a school that many families want to have their children attend.  I will using it as an example of schools that families seek out for their children to attend, the phrase "high performing" was modifying the "magnet schools".

the question is why aren't the DCPS middle schools on Capital Hill improving in the same way that DCPS elementary schools have (and then high schools).  My thinking is that it is due to the parents with choices taking alternative paths (DCPS lottery, Charters, moving) rather than sending their middle schoolers to schools they do not trust to educate their children.  I personally do not see it as a racist thing but rather as a thing about parents of every race want the best for their children and will make choices accordingly based on what they can see objectively on school quality.  The existence of choice makes it harder for the DCPS schools to demonstrate improvement because so many of their potential strong students are opting out, and each opt out makes sense on an individual basis.

[b]I actually do not have a dog in this fight.  My kids are at Deal and SWW. [/b] Believe it or not, when my children were babies people in my neighborhood were wary about Deal and Wilson and we had no plans to stay in our house past elementary school (although our neighbors of older teens and young adults had sent their children successfully through this path). Deal had a strong principal that put IB middle years program in place and went around selling it to all the feeder elementary schools, which were strong (just like so many hill elementary schools are strong), and now over 90% of the 5th graders at the strong feeders go to Deal, and most of them go on to Wilson.  There were no real charter options in NWDC.  Latin started out here but soon moved and there was a time when I was considering it for my kids over Deal.

Why has that not been replicated in [u]Capital Hill[/u]?

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The bolded is obvious since you can't spell Capitol Hill.[/quote]

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