tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post7741075422116097964..comments2024-01-29T21:57:46.033+00:00Comments on Sociology in My Neighborhood: DC Ward Six: Whatever It Takes, Harlem Children's Zone, Ward 6Johanna Bockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-1404046576426705382012-02-22T06:30:05.085+00:002012-02-22T06:30:05.085+00:00I think I described this in a thoughts on another ...I think I described this in a thoughts on another publish -- it's exciting to evaluate information for the various colleges in Infirmary 6. "Desirability" (measured by variety of waitlisted toddler applicants) fits -directly- with amount of learners who are light.branded bagshttp://cheap-promotional-bags.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-55636883696199280192011-03-18T10:06:27.196+00:002011-03-18T10:06:27.196+00:00I just watched "waiting for superman"--e...I just watched "waiting for superman"--essentially the two hour version of Kozol's book. A powerful piece of film making. It left me torn. On one hand the number of structures keeping these kids impoverished overwhelms me. If it isn't poverty itself, there is the lack of jobs in these neighborhoods, the lack of money spent on education, the intractable teachers unions, the rehab version of school being offered...Clearly Geoffrey Canada's solution is too simplistic.<br /> On the other hand, I don't care. I don't care that it isn't the "right" solution. It is, at least, something. Days after watching the film, I am still thinking of the children in the film who did not win the lottery. They looked like they knew they had disappointed their parents profoundly by "failing" to win at a game of chance. I think of the faces of those moms--so hopeful to find out a quality program is available to their kids, so devastated when they couldn't make it happen for their beloved child. <br /> Parents who have self-selected enough that they are willing to go the extra mile for their kid shouldn't have to educate their children by lottery. In this one instance in life, desire ought to be enough to make a place for that child appear.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04011489117676959586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-9720313848344643962011-03-17T17:59:41.675+00:002011-03-17T17:59:41.675+00:00I think I mentioned this in a comment on another p...I think I mentioned this in a comment on another post -- it's interesting to compare data for the various schools in Ward 6. "Desirability" (measured by number of waitlisted preschool applicants) correlates -directly- with percentage of students who are white. <br /><br />It does NOT correlate with academic performance; Wilson has the highest DC-CAS scores in Ward 6 (possibly excepting Peabody or its school-within-a-school, which don't list scores for 2009 or 2010), and it feeds into Stuart-Hobson, which is a highly regarded middle school.Molly W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14756387866907531685noreply@blogger.com