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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]socioeconomically diverse public schools are big picture a really good thing. schools run better when a majority of the students are not economically at-risk and/or have a significant level of family/community support. but thats mostly keeping the often overlooked middle class of all races in dc public schools.[/quote]

When a school becomes comprised over more than 30% at-risk students, the middle class families generally tend to leave.  They may stick around for k-2 but once third grade hits and it is more about reading to learn instead of learning to read, the middle class families will peel off if they believe that their children's needs are not being met because the school is having to focus the bulk of its resources on the most struggling kids.  And, as the strength of the charter sector has shown, not only did a significant amount of middle class families turn to the charter world, but a large number of working and at-risk families will also peel off from regular DCPS if they think that the charters can provide a more attentive and rigorous environment with respect to academics and behavior.    [/quote]

This would not happen if there was tracking but of course we can’t have that because of equity.  Also the reality is DCPS doesn’t care about meeting the needs of the higher performing kids.  All they care about and concentrate resources to is the bottom.

They will be “OK” however you define that, even if bored to death and not learning much.  But hey, they can be helpers for the other students.[/quote]

DCPS isn't actually doing much for kids at the bottom either. They say they are focusing on kids with the most needs, but where's the evidence? As many have pointed out, you're much better off being a poor black child in a Mississippi school than in DCPS. Poor kids in DC are used as an excuse by DCPS not to help UMC kids. [/quote]

Yeah, the longer I witness this system (and have had kids at a Title 1 DCPS school and a low-risk Charter), I think the problem is the low expectations baked into DCPS. It actually breaks my heart to see these kids whose parents are trusting the system to challenge their kids and give them a pathway to success. [/quote]

Raising academic standards through the system would help everyone. Unfortunately we elect social justice warriors to office (looking at you Janeese Lewis George) who will never in a million years agree to that. [/quote]

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