The lower grades in the DC Public Schools have been segregated for decades in that children from black neighborhoods attend schools with mostly Black teachers and administrators, and the children in the neighborhoods of Upper Northwest DC, that are predominatly white, attend predominantly white schools. Then, when it’s time for high scho…
The lower grades in the DC Public Schools have been segregated for decades in that children from black neighborhoods attend schools with mostly Black teachers and administrators, and the children in the neighborhoods of Upper Northwest DC, that are predominatly white, attend predominantly white schools. Then, when it’s time for high school, most upper-middle-class white and Black parents send their kids to private schools, while poor Black kids continue on in the public system. In terms of “diversity, equity and inclusion,” as well as learning outcomes, this system does not benefit poor Blacks at all.
The lower grades in the DC Public Schools have been segregated for decades in that children from black neighborhoods attend schools with mostly Black teachers and administrators, and the children in the neighborhoods of Upper Northwest DC, that are predominatly white, attend predominantly white schools. Then, when it’s time for high school, most upper-middle-class white and Black parents send their kids to private schools, while poor Black kids continue on in the public system. In terms of “diversity, equity and inclusion,” as well as learning outcomes, this system does not benefit poor Blacks at all.