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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I honestly don't want to get into a tumble about people's specific kids. My concerns were fairly concrete. We are house hunting, have small kids, and want the best for them. We have them in fantastic early childhood programs, but looking beyond, I am worried because I see gaps that exist in pyramids that were surprising. I honestly would love examples of places where these gaps do not exist and am happy to fork over my money (either through buying a house or private school) to such schools. But I do have concerns about how to allocate my resources. [/quote]

This is 13:33 again.
 I understand what you are saying, however I am wondering if you are doing a bit of 'overthinking'. I look at it like this, the achievement gap is a general statistic. 
There are a number of factors that play into that. Now, at our school that statistic still exists, and closing that gap is a major goal of the principal. HOWEVER, when you look at a lot of the black/brown kids in say our DC's grades, a lot are doing well, my kid included. I think you want to look for diversity, families that look like you -- in terms of education and SES, folks of like mind and circumstance to some degree, and overall goals and program of the school. No, you don't want to go to a school where you know that 90% of the black kids are failing. But, I bet if you dove deeper there factors such as high poverty rates, etc. that are part of that equation. I honestly do not think you are going to find a school for which there is absolutely no so-called acheivement gap. You want to look at ALL of  the factors. Personally, I would not want to put my kid in a school where statistically speaking the gap is "small", but that's because there are 15 black kids in the whole school. That's a whole 'nother can of worms I would not want to get into. Talk to families in the schools you are considering, there is no substitute for that.[/quote]

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