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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This essay first appeared in the [i]Journal of Education[/i] in 1980. It was a sobering although not entirely surprising to me that there would be such large discrepancies in the educational experiences of children who were all within the same public school district. The children were predominately from the same racial group but from different SES groups. Even though this is a 34 year old article I think some of these issues persist today. I live in a working class area and [b][i]am sacrificing to send my child to private school in a more affluent area [/i][/b]in part because I have witnessed the discrepancy first hand. What do you think about this issue?
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OP you are not alone in your motivation.  I suspect, if people are truly honest with themselves, that this is what they hope to achieve from sending their children to National Cathedral School, St. Albans, Sidwell, GDS, et al. -- the education, preparation, and social and professional connections to prep them to occupy one of the "higher" SES rungs on the ladder.[/quote]

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