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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can not believe how many of you affluent advantaged people are now online rallying against this.  Have you no shame? As you no empathy? Have you no understanding? This is not designed to hurt your kids, but to help other kids.[/quote]

+1 it’s like oh I’m so sad I can afford to have a nice house and neighborhood why are these poor students who are dealing with violence and poverty taking our deserved spots?? LOL. Don’t worry your kids will be just fine with all the social capital you have given them by living in your “nice” homogenous neighborhood. [/quote]

What about regular old middle class people whose kids go to a nice, but not spectacular suburban high school.  I can't afford SAT tutoring for my kid, she will have to do the free online prep, but they won't get the benefit of attending a school with a low adversity score.

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screwed.[/quote]

nope big fish small pond will still apply.  Frankly I think thats the way to go.  Get out of the rat race of this area, NYC burbs, West Chicago or SF. [b] Just go somewhere average and normal your kid will be valedictorian and can go to a great school.[/quote][/b]

The problem with this plan is that it doesn't always work out that way. Plus let's face it. Parents care about their kid's peer group. Look at how many $40,000 a year private schools there are in DC. Those parents (well most of them) realize that they very well could be hurting their kids college chances as opposed to sending them to a public school. But the fact is, they want their kids to be friends with a certain type of kid. Middle class families are not going to be moving into low income areas in droves even if it would benefit their kids come college application time. Middle class parents want their kids to be friends with other middle class kids. [/quote]

It doesn't always work out that way. There are smart kids everywhere, and you can't just assume that you will plop your kid down in an "average" school and they be at the top of their class. However, if the realization that schools take into account the resources available to students fights some of the segregation that has occurred in schooling, that's fine by me. (Segregation among schools has been increasing since 1988: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/us/threatening-the-future-the-high-stakes-of-deepening-school-segregation.html) Also, if it gets your kids out of the rat-race of test prep, overwork, and achievement anxiety, it's probably good for them.[/quote]

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