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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder the same, so many middle and upper class African Americans yet schools that are undesirable.  I really do not get it.

My child attends a charter school and it's still low ranked and some of the specialty schools are also ranked low or mediocre so I reject the idea that they are hoarding all of the smart kids. I haven't heard anything about PG having excellent private schools either, most of what I hear is that they are mediocre so what gives???[/quote]

You are noticing the achievement gap which is racial and not SES based. Statistics tell us that black students can achieve at the top levels individually but systemically as a group they lag behind most other demographic blocks. If you have a system that is majority AA it will reflect the trend and then be weighed against the other groups and be deemed to be lagging behind because the gap isn't as diluted as it is in other more diverse areas.

Now the reason for the AA learning or achievement gap has a lot of theories such as language, low historical education engagement, generational resources, systemic racism, nutrition       [/quote]

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