If you had a choice, would you send your child to an all black school?

[ballscout1]

The African School ranged from grades 1-6. I attended 1st grade there cuz I tested well & moms wanted to take advantage of that by having me start 1st grade early. When it was time to attend public school, the school district didn't recognize the African School as an accredited state school. So, I had to repeat the 1st grade.

didn't recognize it but will allow damn near illiterate folks to home school...

does the school still exist ? did it get it's accredited ?

 

[jwilliam85]

I plan on sending my daughter here
http://www.stphilips1600.org/

 

[CPT Callamity]

I'm not sure what had happened in recent decades, and not certain on others' experience within the same, but I got a very good education from DCPS at that was at least 90% black dating back to the 80s. In elementary school, I remember distinctly getting a good sense of who I was, because we celebrated and had decorations of famous Africans and Black American inventors, scientists, kings, queens,etc. Our teachers always taught us OUR history. IN JHS, I had encountered a more diverse environment but whites were still the minority. In high school I had some old school soldier type teachers. One of them that died recently told us "Don't let THEM pimp you!" They brought out the best in us. If I found a school system with that type of attitude and rigor, hell yes. When I got to college I was surprised at the fact that many of the black kids from in-State had to take Africana Studies just to learn what I had in the previous 12 years.