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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]White parents are making decisions based more on the demographics of the school, its racial and SES make-up and not the actual quality of the education the school offers.

All other things being equal, white parents will always choose a predominantly white school over a truly integrated or majority minority school.  The social science research bears this out.

[b]White parents somehow equate low-income, high minority schools as "unsafe" or "low quality" when race and income has actually no relationship to the quality of the education a school has on offer. [/b]

The decisions white parents are making are based more on emotion and not on logic and rationality.  They will accept a large number of Asian students at a school, a certain number of Latino students, but have a low tolerance for black students.

These individual decisions, when carried out across the entire system, strengthen and reinforce the racial and socio-economic inequality that exist in society.   [/quote]

[b]Would an upper/middle income, educated black parent choose to send their children to a high poverty (50%+) FARMS school if they had a choice to send them to a lower FARMS rate school with a bit less diversity?[/b]
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Yes, we purposely send our kids to a more socioeconomically diverse school. One of the reasons is because we find value in our children being able to interact positively with all kinds of people from all different backgrounds. Another reason is because I know that sending my kids to school with poor kids does not make us poor. At the end of the day, even if I sent my kids to the poorest school in town, my kids are privileged (in terms of wealth) and that does not change because of the school they attend. And the thing is, it doesn't end there for us, I also choose to live in a more socioeconomically diverse neighborhood. We could easily have afforded to spend several times what we did on a house, but we chose where we live because I want my kids to have all of the comfort and safety and privilege that our wealth can offer, but not so much that they are out of touch with those that don't have the same level of wealth. [/quote]
PP here.. I agree with you to a point, but I would think most minority upper class parents have an upper limit as far as FARMS rate is concerned.  We chose a cluster that was diverse, with about a 20% FARMS rate over a cluster with <5% FARMS and very little racial diversity even though the latter was a 10 vs the 7/8.  However, if the school FARM rate was 50%+, then I don't think I would send my kids there, just as I would not want my kids to go to a school with <5% FARMS rate, but for different reasons.

Thankfully, we have a 3rd, more ideal choice.[/quote]

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