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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get rid of TJ and raise the standards at the neighborhood schools, and the hyper-focus on who is attending one magnet school goes away.[/quote]

Look at every other school district in the country.  They universally try to raise standards.  Yet all this inequity remains.  The problem isn't TJ.  It's largely differentials in parenting.  Of course, this will never be addressed until the citizenry takes individual responsibility and stops thinking government can actually solve these problems.[/quote]

Government can help solve the problem by trying to address economic inequality.  A huge difference in "parenting" that shows up in the demographics of TJ is being able to pay someone else to tutor or teach your child outside of the school day/year.  I'm sure many lower income families would happily be more involve parents by writing a check.  That means increasing the minimum wage and helping to subsidize healthcare for a larger segment of society.  Maybe lower income parents would still not be able to afford private tutors or CTY, but they may have resources to sign up for cheaper enrichment camps at a younger age or they could have more free time to help their kids because they don't have to work longer hours to make a living wage.  [/quote]

Poor asian parents will still pay for extra classes.  Check out the stats in NYC's elite public schools. Overwhelmingly asian AND 50% qualify for free lunch.[/quote]

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