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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]$24 billion NYC public schools only accepted 7 black students (of 895) to top magnet high school.[/quote]

And each of these 7 black kids deserve to be there and are not there because of any false reason like bridging the "achievement gap" through smoke and mirrors as MCPS does. Let's celebrate that.  
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Clap clap clap clap clap.

The NYT should have interviewed them and their families to find and share best practices and inspiration.

But racism + fake outrage sure sells more newspapers.[/quote]

This is exactly right....understand what those families did and focus on spreading that.  Celebrate their achievement instead of incessantly complaining about the lack of URMs.[/quote]

You don’t think there is an issue at all?

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I think there is obviously a very significant set of issues but solving them starts in the homes of black families.....that’s where every child’s values and behavioral patterns are formed.[/quote]

And to fix that? 
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we can't fix it. only they can. we have thrown so much money at the problem with little return. everyone's priorities are different.[/quote]

I think this is a “problem” that white people are creating.  A generation ago sty was majority Jewish, today it’s majority Asian, next it could be majority Latinos or some other group....who knows and who cares.  People tell you what they prioritize with their actions.  The black community is clearly saying that magnet schools aren’t of interest because they’re not applying in large numbers and those that do aren’t putting in the efoort (presuming they have the intellect) to be admitted.  Why are white people insisting that black people should have the same goals and priorities as they do?  Many of the great positive role models in the black community are athletes and musical artists.....so why is anybody surprised that those fields are of greater interest to black kids than an intensive stem curriculum? [/quote]

The issue is that the black and Hispanic kids who do want to go aren’t testing well. If everyone was well prepared the offer distribution would look closer to the tester distribution.

Black kids: 20% of testers, but only 4% of offers
Hispanic kids: 22% of testers, but 6% of offers 
White kids: 18% of testers, 26% of offers 
Asian kids: 31% of testers, but 51% of offers

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