tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post4524730878074835471..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: de facto segregation threatens viability of MCPSDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-23093727756762640402016-12-06T00:02:31.706-05:002016-12-06T00:02:31.706-05:00Certainly segregation is a problem. I've had a...Certainly segregation is a problem. I've had an interesting vantage point on this issue as an elite African-American tutor with experience catering to the Whitman/Churchill market early in my career. Do you feel that our focus should be on the immensely challenging political issue of desegregating our schools or challenging families with resources with who prefer segregation to subsidize public schools in the higher needs areas with the types of tutoring resources that they are able to provide for their children? It's important to realize that MCPS' vaunted SAT scores and AP scores in the higher income areas reflect in part how it benefits from families choosing to supplement around its weaknesses.Jasoneducatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741828726225647577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-55217961233811822482016-08-02T14:38:31.020-04:002016-08-02T14:38:31.020-04:00Great article! I know I'm really late to this...Great article! I know I'm really late to this party, but FARMS means "Free and Reduced Meals." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482297503717156970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-47894944613431462512014-10-23T00:51:45.368-04:002014-10-23T00:51:45.368-04:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecourtyard/91342679...http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecourtyard/9134267991/<br />Shows no Northwood HS (where I use to attend. Also, I now live in Howard County, so in the future, please (once) explain what FARM means, as it's used quite a bit. I've never heard of it and would make your charts more meaningful.<br />ThanksDCFD Retired after 34 yearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739144364498694245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-3943876985706970382014-01-15T14:09:18.287-05:002014-01-15T14:09:18.287-05:00Why are those posting dancing around the obvious!!...Why are those posting dancing around the obvious!!!! There is inequality occurring in Montgomery County Schools, my two older kids came up through MCPS they are both in college now. There has definitely been a trend over the past two decades of the eastern part of the county becoming more African American and Hispanic, and the western part of the county more White and Asian. One could argue that as long as resources in each school is equivalent its not an issue. However I believe our kids suffer developmentally by not having the opportunity to experience diversity which is more reflects the real world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563305511704469886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-89903543497827336152013-07-16T11:58:12.900-04:002013-07-16T11:58:12.900-04:00Great article, man, but just so you know I am not ...Great article, man, but just so you know I am not sure that map is quite accurate. Sherwood covers more area than it should, a good chunk of the southwest part of Olney attends Magruder and a good bit of the southeast of Olney (mostly Hallowell) goes to Blake.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10276803571644705096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-82929866757716498672013-07-07T15:05:15.860-04:002013-07-07T15:05:15.860-04:00Dan - excellent post! Great info. Very interesting...Dan - excellent post! Great info. Very interesting read.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221552037190873683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-10132517231233125532013-06-29T14:41:22.016-04:002013-06-29T14:41:22.016-04:00The MC Council is proposing zoning changes that wi...The MC Council is proposing zoning changes that will exacerbate these numbers and increase segregation.<br /><br />Residential neighborhoods located near bus lines in East and Down county are slated to lose certain residential protections in an effort to increase housing density and provide more low income multi-family housing.<br />Councilmembers are patting themselves on their collective backs, calling it "smart growth' , while protecting the squires in the agricultural preserve and keeping bus lines demed necessary for low income housing out of wealthier leafier areas.<br />Basically, people with small back yards are to see multiple family housing go up, whereas people with huge acreage are not expected to have their zoning changed to accomodate growth and newcomers.<br />( The mobility rate goes up with the proportion of multiple housing and rental units. Mobility rates also indicate what percentage of students moved into a school or left it DURING the school year, not over the summer.) These staggering mobility numbers make it difficult for schools and students to succeed. Thank you for the clear graphics depicting these mobility rates.Pawtuxenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656369696995716345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-13248908173412078252013-06-28T15:13:20.848-04:002013-06-28T15:13:20.848-04:00Awesome graph. Excellent graph, if your point is t...Awesome graph. Excellent graph, if your point is to illustrate that white kids aren't on FARMS.<br /><br />Gee, how did <i>that</i> happen?<br />Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-28381768485362183932013-06-28T11:00:46.596-04:002013-06-28T11:00:46.596-04:00Great article. This is the sort of investigative j...Great article. This is the sort of investigative journalism I'd expect to see in the WaPo. (Especially your note about planning to do a series on this.) Have they ever approached you about writing for them/have you ever applied?Avocadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15259894613168112241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-80625240493755851412013-06-27T22:27:22.448-04:002013-06-27T22:27:22.448-04:00I just saw an amazing presentation about the "...I just saw an amazing presentation about the "achievement gap". I think anybody interested in the topic of race and education will find it thought-provoking. <br /><br />Here is a link to it:<br /><br />http://vimeo.com/25599183 <br /><br />~ElizabethElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522968209071177409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-31439987863244158302013-06-27T19:36:18.023-04:002013-06-27T19:36:18.023-04:00Dan,
Thanks for amplifying this issue. Im not ce...Dan,<br /><br />Thanks for amplifying this issue. Im not certain that re-re-engineering and intergrating schools is the ultimate answer, (Not that you suggested it, but others surely will). <br /><br />The way forward will in part require a way of "seeing and relating" to each other that we have not experienced before.<br /><br />In Japan right now. Will call you when I return next week.<br /><br />Ronnie GalvinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617788314158399763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-18351156879263907152013-06-27T18:53:45.982-04:002013-06-27T18:53:45.982-04:00This raises important questions about racial integ...This raises important questions about racial integration in our schools and school performance. Will be interested to see what solutions Dan proposes. tony hausnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592476009189383255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-87519898417150218042013-06-27T18:38:45.664-04:002013-06-27T18:38:45.664-04:00Dan, probably you remember my infamous "singl...Dan, probably you remember my infamous "single white female? don't count on it" blog post back in maybe 2008 or so. My how time flies.<br /><br />I pointed out that Brookhaven Elementary School had a total of 38 white students of both genders in all grades combined, in a school student body of about 300.<br /><br />I also mentioned that that if this was the 1970s, students would have been ordered bussed to other schools. Heck, there might even have been riots and marching on the basis of that sort of truly outrageous racial segregation. <br /><br />At the time, I seem to recall you gloating something to the effect of "so how does it feel to be outnumbered?" and the County couldn't give a damn because after all it was me mentioning it.<br /><br />Careful there, or they'll start calling you a racist, too, for having dared to notice.<br /><br />Kudos for daring to take the risk.<br />Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-19784526510751038192013-06-27T08:35:32.547-04:002013-06-27T08:35:32.547-04:00Dan - Great article! This is eye opening as a lon...Dan - Great article! This is eye opening as a long-time resident (Blair alum) and now starting my own family in SS.<br /><br />What are your thoughts on the pockets of consortium elementary schools that 'buck the trend'?<br /><br />Also, do you think the pre-K programs will have an effect on middle/high school performance in the future? Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197250236607774802noreply@blogger.com