Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CLOSE the race/income gap? In the same category as growing crops on the moon.

The most cost-effective approach to narrowing the gap is to keep high SES kids from excelling in schools with many low SES kids. An old trick in DCPS.

Van Ness Elementary School has another approach. Van Ness offers a rigorous curriculum for all students.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/06/02/the-pre-k-boom-in-d-c-can-it-help-end-school-segregation/?utm_term=.3569f9315cc9

Anonymous wrote:I would look in-bounds for Watkins too. They have a beautiful new building and they are about to have majority-IB grades hit the testing grades. Their scores will go up for sure.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CLOSE the race/income gap? In the same category as growing crops on the moon.

The most cost-effective approach to narrowing the gap is to keep high SES kids from excelling in schools with many low SES kids. An old trick in DCPS.

Van Ness Elementary School has another approach. Van Ness offers a rigorous curriculum for all students.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/06/02/the-pre-k-boom-in-d-c-can-it-help-end-school-segregation/?utm_term=.3569f9315cc9

I think the oldest children at Van Ness now are about 6 years old. They won't have test results for a little while. Offering a rigorous curriculum to kids does not guarantee that they will learn it.

I guess you should move to Arlington, then, if it is all so hopeless.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right, but many of us on the Hill care little about PARCC test scores, or not at all.

Parents tend to feign interest in test scores in the hopes of avoiding accusations of racism and classicism in their choice of school, when they really care about other things - changing demographics, strong teaching and leadership, a stable faculty, good facilities (particularly a playground, performance space and library), manageable class sizes, fun to be had for the kids, a welcoming school community, a robust PTA raising a lot of money etc.

We don't need silly test scores to tell us about upper middle-class experiences vs. low-income experiences in an urban setting.

Speak for yourself. A school that manages to close the race/income gap is important to me. Plus there are plenty of schools with lovely facilities, great teachers, that DCUM would not touch with a 10-ft poll. In that I agree with you that PARCC is not relevant because those schools actually have good PARCC scores. PS you're rich, not UMC.

Right, rich, with our non-profit jobs. How old are your kids, 3, 4, 5? Talk to me after a few years in the elementary grades at a Title 1 school, or 6 or 7 years in any DCPS. I can practically guarantee that you will no longer preaching the gospel of closing the race/income gap, with your own children as one of the primary tools, particularly if your kids are ELA gifted or fully bilingual.

Do you own on the Hill? That's affluent.

It's sad that you think valuing diversity means that I think my kid is a "tool." you do what you need to with your kid but don't pat yourself on you back for your progressiveness.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CLOSE the race/income gap? In the same category as growing crops on the moon.

The most cost-effective approach to narrowing the gap is to keep high SES kids from excelling in schools with many low SES kids. An old trick in DCPS.

Van Ness Elementary School has another approach. Van Ness offers a rigorous curriculum for all students.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/06/02/the-pre-k-boom-in-d-c-can-it-help-end-school-segregation/?utm_term=.3569f9315cc9

I think the oldest children at Van Ness now are about 6 years old. They won't have test results for a little while. Offering a rigorous curriculum to kids does not guarantee that they will learn it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CLOSE the race/income gap? In the same category as growing crops on the moon.

The most cost-effective approach to narrowing the gap is to keep high SES kids from excelling in schools with many low SES kids. An old trick in DCPS.

Van Ness Elementary School has another approach. Van Ness offers a rigorous curriculum for all students.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/06/02/the-pre-k-boom-in-d-c-can-it-help-end-school-segregation/?utm_term=.3569f9315cc9

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right, but many of us on the Hill care little about PARCC test scores, or not at all.

Parents tend to feign interest in test scores in the hopes of avoiding accusations of racism and classicism in their choice of school, when they really care about other things - changing demographics, strong teaching and leadership, a stable faculty, good facilities (particularly a playground, performance space and library), manageable class sizes, fun to be had for the kids, a welcoming school community, a robust PTA raising a lot of money etc.

We don't need silly test scores to tell us about upper middle-class experiences vs. low-income experiences in an urban setting.

Speak for yourself. A school that manages to close the race/income gap is important to me. Plus there are plenty of schools with lovely facilities, great teachers, that DCUM would not touch with a 10-ft poll. In that I agree with you that PARCC is not relevant because those schools actually have good PARCC scores. PS you're rich, not UMC.

Right, rich, with our non-profit jobs. How old are your kids, 3, 4, 5? Talk to me after a few years in the elementary grades at a Title 1 school, or 6 or 7 years in any DCPS. I can practically guarantee that you will no longer preaching the gospel of closing the race/income gap, with your own children as one of the primary tools, particularly if your kids are ELA gifted or fully bilingual.

Anonymous wrote:CLOSE the race/income gap? In the same category as growing crops on the moon.

The most cost-effective approach to narrowing the gap is to keep high SES kids from excelling in schools with many low SES kids. An old trick in DCPS.