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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL DC is totally segregated

Almost all the public schools are 90% plus black  except NW of course and capitol hill which is very very white
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Tier 1 Charters are majority white[/b]
Tier 2 Charters are majority black/hispnaic

And I agree with PP Fairfax County AAP is white/asian flight out of schools that are perfectly fine but not good enough whatever the heck that means

What I would propose and the only thing that actually works is incenitivizing veteran teachers to teach at low performing schools.

This does not mean higher salaries usually it means giving teachers autonomy because veteran teachers can make stuff happen as long as the paper work and administration is kept to a minimum[/quote]

Agreed that DC schools are very segregated, but the details matter and you have them very wrong.  First off, you roped all of "NW" into your "very very white" category, when you really meant wards 2 and 3, and that it's really only a couple of Capitol Hill elementary schools which are majority white.

Second, I think there may be one charter school in the city which is actually majority white (Lee?).  There are a number of them which have white populations in the 30-40% range, which is certainly more than most schools in the city.  Also, your use of "Tier 1" as the indicator of majority white charters is ridiculous- over half of the Tier 1 charters are KIPP and Achievement Prep and similar schools, which are vastly majority black, almost 100%.

But you did nail the issues for veteran teachers being not solely money- autonomy and good support and coaching matter a lot.   All that said, it's tough to imagine a veteran teacher who's not already in a school that is low performing jumping to a low performing school because he/she got more autonomy, money and coaching.  Those teachers are (mostly, not quite all) avoiding low performing schools because they have made the decision that they don't want to work there because of the difficulties involved.  And to an extent, that's an understandable decision from that teacher's position.  It just works out badly for society as a whole.[/quote]

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