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Wish I could say I've figured this out. I want my kids' exposed to economic and cultural diversity, and maybe even a little (monitored) hardship (like being a linguistic minority) but Goddamn if I want them to receive anything but the best education. [/quote]

This. This. And more this.  And I imagine most of the &quot;liberal elite&quot; feel this way. But what's the alternative? To be fine raising your kids in a rich white bubble?  Or to be fine with your kids getting a bad education?  Like PP, I want to a majority-minority high school with a &gt; 50% FARMS rate.  And I do want better educational and extra curricular opportunities for my kids.  So, I get that this attitude I'd off putting. But, not sure what the alternative is. [/quote]

But is it truly accurate to say the lower-rated GS schools in FCPS provide a bad education?  I'm not convinced.  Not all high-FARMS, majority-minority schools are created equal.  [/quote]

This is how I feel. Maybe there is an order of performance among the " bad" schools, but I have to believe they have plenty to offer.
This is florida - where schools largely suck, or Compton. 
These scores are driving people away from these schools and doing so much harm. Yes, we need info, but this system is terrible for our area and the kids.[/quote]

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Great Schools. Pfft. Should be called "White Schools."  In 5-10 years the school systems will be bussing kids and rezoning like crazy to undo the segregation that these simplistic, reductive "scores" are causing.

And I love their little "the more you know" PSA about diversity: "Studies show that diversity in school leads to long-term benefits for students. Discover why!"

No thanks. I get it. What I'd like to discover is what your organization is doing to prevent the white flight that your reductive scores cause. 
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Great Schools should be basing their ratings on the performance of each school relative to its average HHI.  That would be a much more accurate ratings system.  As it stands these ratings tell us little more than the wealth of the peer group, which has little to do with variables like teacher quality.[/quote]

The unfortunate truth is you could shut the average wealthy kid in a room alone with a textbook and they'd probably still score better than the average ESL/FARMS kid with full classroom instruction.
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