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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Ok but why? Is it really just racism or are the whiter/Asian schools doing something differently? Is it the students behavior, the dedication to academic achievement, the commitment to college? Why are the white/Asian schools better?"

[b]No it is not racism.[/b] It is class issues. The white / Asian schools are not doing things magically differently. But the kids in them come from homes where they are well fed, get enough sleep, have money for extracurriculars, time to help with homework, etc. schools can best address the needs of the more needy kids if a large chunk of the rest of the school only need the normal type of services (meaning needs taught but does not need lots of "social services"). In addition the better off kids help serve as positive role models generally speaking and their families are more likely to be able to do things to support the school like volunteer or PTA participation.

The school cannot do it all and to be a successful school it needs a sizable chunk of kids not relying on the school to do all the things that ideally the child's only family would be able to do.

Given the political reality that you will not be diluting out the W zones to spread those kids more evenly across the district, there is simply no way that DCC and NEC schools become better without focusing on why MC families in this districts are avoiding them and how to entice those families back into their local schools. [/quote]

It is absolutely also racism.[/quote]

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