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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I would love to know where Vanessa’s children go to school. [/b]That would be interesting for context. It is unclear how much the authors actually know about the specifics of DC Public Schools. I think that is why they blatantly misinterpret their data - confirmation bias.[/quote]

I strongly disagree w/the premise that experts in X area pertaining to kids need to be parents themselves, or that their personal decisions should somehow color perceptions of their work.  My two cents.[/quote]

I don't think you *need* to have been through this particular set of decisions to have a perspective. However, the researchers in this field overall have such a comically terrible track record of putting their money where their mouth is on this -- that is, sending their kids (past elementary school) to the kinds of schools they are calling other parents racist for avoiding -- that it's absolutely worth pointing out.

If the authors of this had sent their kids to the kinds of schools UMC kids avoid in DC, I would still not think much of this research, but I'd think they would have something to contribute to this overall conversation. I'd want to know about their experiences, and if they said "all of the things you're imagining would happen were actually totally fine, let me tell you" I would be extremely interested in hearing that. But that's not the case, and it's never the case.[/quote]

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