School Design and White Families

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

This is not true at Washington Latin. In fact, my kid has yet to bring home a book about Blacks. He has read two books about three little white boys, an Afghan kid, and an Indian kid. Maybe, the school will get around to the Black experience that speak of in the new year. You can only speak of your own experiences. So stop attempting to speak about others.

Of course Washington Latin MS is now 54% white and 37% black.

Well then, I guess the kids at Latin will not get the Black authors an earlier poster complained about.

Our kid read Dreams of my Father and Watsons go to Birmingham there among others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is not true at Washington Latin. In fact, my kid has yet to bring home a book about Blacks. He has read two books about three little white boys, an Afghan kid, and an Indian kid. Maybe, the school will get around to the Black experience that speak of in the new year. You can only speak of your own experiences. So stop attempting to speak about others.

Of course Washington Latin MS is now 54% white and 37% black.

Well then, I guess the kids at Latin will not get the Black authors an earlier poster complained about.

Our kid read Dreams of my Father and Watsons go to Birmingham there among others

My kids read those, and are waiting to read Dreams of my White Mother and Grandparents Who Didn't Abandon Me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The reason PP wants kids retained if they're not working at grade level isn't for their benefit - it's for his/her kid. We don't want kids in the class who can't do the work - because that slows down the class and our kids aren't engaged and aren't learning to work hard.

We want tracking - but OP is asking what a school has to offer so that higher SES parents will enroll their children in schools with (economically and racially) integrated classrooms. I don't think there is anything that would do this.

How does passing a child who is "not working at grade level" benefit the child?

There is research that shows retaining a child reduces their likelihood of graduating when compared to children with similar academic profiles who were not retained.

Would you rather have them graduate illiterate and unemployable? So many high SES families try to redshirt their kids, I don't see why a one year repeat wouldn't be good for kids who have slipped through the cracks.

Did you even read the PP's post?

There is research to support one approach, and your opinion in favor of another. Research is science. Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one and now we know yours. Take your sphincter and go home.