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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Essentially, the new great schools rankings are out and out tools that can be used to violate the fair housing act. It's essentially a way for realtors to identify schools with small black populations, it seems. Crazy town.[/quote] This is EXACTLY what GreatSchools has been doing since it was invented. They are actually trying to do better by fiddling with the algorithm to make it clear which schools are actually serving the populations that they have. So, you don't automatically get a 10 for having a student body that is 90% white/Asian with highly educated, high earning, parents who are supplementing outside of school. Instead you ALSO get scored on how you are serving kids not being tutored extensively. Isn't that what we want? To know which schools are actually effective? If a school is totally failing its poor kids and kids of color, then it is probably also not doing a great job with middle class kids. [/quote]
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