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[quote=Anonymous]Whoa now. Study after study show that a school less than 30% of its students coming from poor households is better for the poor and not poor kids alike.

The researchers involved certainly aren't talking to me.  The poor students in my kid's class, nearly a third, are a problem to us.  Most struggle with skills my kid mastered around two years ago and monopolize the teacher's time, attention and energy as a result.  They pull down the level of teaching somewhat.  I don't doubt that the poor kids benefit from sitting next to high SES kids in class, but I can't see what affluent kids growing up in cosmopolitan settings gain from the arrangement if all the poor kids aren't advanced learners.  We hardly live in a gated community and volunteer at a local soup kitchen as a family.  We're not at a private because we can't afford one, and don't like the snobbery, but I'm not going to kid myself by believing that having kids from poor AA households who aren't exceptionally bright and discplined in class with my kid is doing anything but holding him back a tad at school.  We make up for the slight challenge deficit at home and in museums on weekends.  Now if the poor kids were from Asian immigrant households, we'd surely be rushing to hire tutors to keep up!  No Basis or Latin for us, too many poor AA kids and no ability grouping outside math. I'm on the same page as you OP if you're still out there - don't let the grease sink in.

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