I was on a panel yesterday with Josh Edelman, the director of the Office of School Innovation at the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Just 20 percent of DC students attend their neighborhood public school.
I asked him how many DCPS students attend school ?out-of-boundary.? His answer? 70 percent.
So do the math: About 60 percent of DC's publicly educated kids attend DCPS. (The rest attend charter schools.) 70 percent of 60 percent is just north of 40 percent. So, in rough numbers, 40 percent of DC kids attend charter schools, 40 percent attend a DCPS school out-of-boundary, and just 20 percent attend their neighborhood schools. Wow!
-Mike Petrilli
