Is “school quality” a code word for “student quality”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which is a dog whistle for how white a school is?

Nice spin-work. Impressively, you’ve simultaneously managed to show us your racist views on POC kids’ capabilities and hatred of whites. Try getting off the internet and volunteer.

Green (as in a family’s financial picture) is the color that makes schools better. Never forget it.

Seems like a circular argument to me. Money is a fill in word too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which is a dog whistle for how white a school is?

Nice spin-work. Impressively, you’ve simultaneously managed to show us your racist views on POC kids’ capabilities and hatred of whites. Try getting off the internet and volunteer.

Green (as in a family’s financial picture) is the color that makes schools better. Never forget it.

Seems like a circular argument to me. Money is a fill in word too.

In DC proper, maybe. Outside of that, no.

[Anonymous]

“ Green (as in a family’s financial picture) is the color that makes schools better. ”

Exactly. This is about money not race. Black and Latino children from high SES families are going to do well too. The reality that in the US low SES correlates strongly with black and Latino populations does not mean people are trying to get away from those races. It’s the reality that low income typically means lower academic achievement because families have not been able to supplement what is going on in schools as much.

[Anonymous]

2 if our kids are in college, one is out of college, but as a parent, I wanted my kids to attend a school with good test scores and lots of parental involvement. I didn't give a rats a$$ what color the kids/families skin was or how much money they had or where their family originated from.

I assume that's what all families want. Those who say otherwise? What is it exactly that you want for your children? No one wants a school filled with guns, drugs, and violence. And there are poor people who are involved in schools and care about their kids education. To assume otherwise is insane, and yet, of many of you do exactly that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which is a dog whistle for how white a school is?

Just what the world needs right now: another opportunity to reinforce division & hatred. Almost everybody I know who works in a diverse group has no trouble. But that doesn’t fit in with your expectations, so you have to generate friction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White and/or Asian.

It's more about social class than race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 if our kids are in college, one is out of college, but as a parent, I wanted my kids to attend a school with good test scores and lots of parental involvement. I didn't give a rats a$$ what color the kids/families skin was or how much money they had or where their family originated from.

I assume that's what all families want. Those who say otherwise? What is it exactly that you want for your children? No one wants a school filled with guns, drugs, and violence. And there are poor people who are involved in schools and care about their kids education. To assume otherwise is insane, and yet, of many of you do exactly that

Rich kids do drugs too. Oakton just had an OD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 if our kids are in college, one is out of college, but as a parent, I wanted my kids to attend a school with good test scores and lots of parental involvement. I didn't give a rats a$$ what color the kids/families skin was or how much money they had or where their family originated from.

I assume that's what all families want. Those who say otherwise? What is it exactly that you want for your children? No one wants a school filled with guns, drugs, and violence. And there are poor people who are involved in schools and care about their kids education. To assume otherwise is insane, and yet, of many of you do exactly that

Rich kids do drugs too. Oakton just had an OD

How many murders and adults did Oakton students commit in comparison to your typical dcps

[Anonymous]

This is an important question. We need massive investment and reparations in poor non-white communities, to separate poverty from race, so we can get an answer.

[Anonymous]

It's not about the student. "School quality" is absolutely code for "parent quality". ie how much money & education (or respect for education) the home environment has. But mostly how well off mommy & daddy are & how much of that $$ is devoted to helping with achievement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 if our kids are in college, one is out of college, but as a parent, I wanted my kids to attend a school with good test scores and lots of parental involvement. I didn't give a rats a$$ what color the kids/families skin was or how much money they had or where their family originated from.

I assume that's what all families want. Those who say otherwise? What is it exactly that you want for your children? No one wants a school filled with guns, drugs, and violence. And there are poor people who are involved in schools and care about their kids education. To assume otherwise is insane, and yet, of many of you do exactly that

Rich kids do drugs too. Oakton just had an OD

How many murders and adults did Oakton students commit in comparison to your typical dcps

No idea about DCPS, but the same as your typical FCPS school - 0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which is a dog whistle for how white a school is?

White..or Asian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not about the student. "School quality" is absolutely code for "parent quality". ie how much money & education (or respect for education) the home environment has. But mostly how well off mommy & daddy are & how much of that $$ is devoted to helping with achievement.

This, mostly. But plenty of poorer immigrant families heavily value their child’s education and their kids do very well. It’s the poor US born people that tend to not value education nor care about their child’s education. It isn’t just money, but the focus and attention parents put on education and discipline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which is a dog whistle for how white a school is?

Nice spin-work. Impressively, you’ve simultaneously managed to show us your racist views on POC kids’ capabilities and hatred of whites. Try getting off the internet and volunteer.

Green (as in a family’s financial picture) is the color that makes schools better. Never forget it.

There are a lot of high income Black neighborhoods in PG and objectively the local public schools are still awful - poor test scores and poor student behavior. Conversely, a school like Stuyvesant in NYC has a lot of poor kids, many Asian and Jewish, but is high-achieving. Money doesn’t guarantee academic success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not about the student. "School quality" is absolutely code for "parent quality". ie how much money & education (or respect for education) the home environment has. But mostly how well off mommy & daddy are & how much of that $$ is devoted to helping with achievement.

This, mostly. But plenty of poorer immigrant families heavily value their child’s education and their kids do very well. It’s the poor US born people that tend to not value education nor care about their child’s education. It isn’t just money, but the focus and attention parents put on education and discipline.

Is that why people are fighting to get their kids into Hybla Valley ES?