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Having lower income kids in a school does *not* equal "lower education standards" for all kids. Jesus Christ. And again, the data shows that white kids perform similarly in a poor school than if they were in a wealthy enclave school full of high achievers. Since this is true, why does it matter so much?

If you are concerned with social status stuff and increasing the possibility your kid will have a friend network similar to the wealthy elite, then guess what? That aint going to happen unless you go to elite private schools or hang with that crowd. And....those kids are *not* more academically motivated than anyone else. They are more connected. And if you are in *this* conversation, you aint part of the club.

The data does show that it helps when you include FARMs. Thats the discussion we are having. FARMs in this case and many urban areas = black and latino kids. We wouldn't be having this discussion of schools with high FARMs concentrations were meeting state standards. if the FARMs kids were mostly white, I would support the county in doing the same thing. [b]Funny, though I highly doubt there would be as much push back from the community[/b]. Hypothetical of course.[/quote]

Maybe not as much, but I bet there'd be a lot. There's plenty of classism involved here too.[/quote]

Agreed. Classim+racism+xenophobia and you have the perfect mix for what we are seeing around the country in our largely segregated cities and counties.

Whats ironic is that the feeling, of not wanting to be forcibly integrated, in many ways is mutual for many low income black and brown communities. Do you think they want to send their kids to schools where they are not wanted. Do you think they don't feel that contempt? They don't need to sit next to white or asian kids in their classroom to achieve academic excellence.

All this work to create more balance is really to avoid doing rethinking how we approach education for lower income black and brown communities, which in addition to the challenge of income, are less shielded from the impacts of historical and structural racism. Models of success exist, but it requires courage. Solving this is a big ask for a public education system. But it is the public that created the situation, so it should be the public that works to fix it. 
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It should be noted that coming from a low income family, does not make someone less motivated or intelligent. The American education system is not a meritocracy in the least bit. The faster folks understand this, the better we will be as a society.[/quote]

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