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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love it love it love it. I love that it exposes the hypocrisy of rich white parents who say they are sending their kids to a "lower performing" elementary school because they love diversity, but then their kid ends up in the all-white "gifted" class. Or they say that "all you need to do" is stay on top of the teachers/administrators to make sure they are giving your child extra challenge, etc., which really means you are stealing resources from the underprivileged kids at the school who actually need them. It really is gentification.[/quote]

Honestly, what should the parents in your situation do?

decline the gifted class? 
Not weigh in with teachers and administrators to ensure your children are challenged?

This is so insane, people! I've worked to bring parity for charter schools for an extremely liberal Member of the State House of Reps in a moderate blue state, and am likely left of many here, and have actually spent much of my career chasing inequity issues.

PP, what do you recommend instead? Should the rich white parent send the kid to a private and that way you're cool with it? 
What about non rich white parents? 
What about rich black parents?

I just don't get all this misery and self-loathing competition stuff. It's all over Facebook and I'm baffled by it. Get off your asses and do something about inequality. Stop congratulating yourself on a forum because you can either self identify your own failures or someone else's. it's meaningless. [/quote]

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