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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not understand why this is so difficult for people.

-White and Asian kids do just as well academically regardless of the SES or racial demo of a school. If anything, being in a higher FARMs demo would make it easier for them to get into elite schools.

-Studies show White kids in particular actually benefit the most from being in SES and racially diverse schools. Go figure. Most white kids in America go to deeply segregated schools that does not reflect the world they will deal with when they become an adult.

-Residents are entitled to free public school, but they are not entitled to a particular school. If parents have a problem with this, they can do like the rest of white americans and can isolate their kids in a private school.

-You are free to pay for specialized enrichment activities for your child on your own dime.

Don't let your fear of brown and black people and your perception of their respective "cultures" blind you from basic facts.

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My UMC kids are at two different DCC high schools. I would send them again, no regrets, but please do share these studies that show "white" students benefit from schools with racial and SES diversity. To my knowledge there are no good studies that show this. What are they measuring? School performance? I think there are benefits, but they are not things easily quantifiable.[/quote]

[b]Well they certainly aren't hurt by i[/b]t.  So all this fuss about mixing with black and brown kids has much less to do with academic performance and more to do with unsubstantiated "beliefs". It would be nice to see studies proving why we should *not* work to integrate both racially and SES.

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White students’ test scores don’t drop when they go to schools with large numbers of black and Latino students.[/b]

https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/studies/pdf/school_composition_and_the_bw_achievement_gap_2015.pdf

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So, you are proposing massive changes because it will hugely benefit Hispanic and Black kids but as for White kids, the only explanation is that they aren't hurt by it. Basically White kids don't benefit anything from this BS except long rides and terrible school culture.[/quote]

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