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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Yes but they are not any less upper income than the AA population at Ross which is the point. What are you trying to contest? That’s Ross has richer black kids and that’s why they perform as well as their white peers? Or that Janney has lower middle class (not low enough to qualify for FARM) AA than Ross and that’s why they suck with the 36 black kids they do have? I know one thing, as a black mom of a black boy, if I had my choice, I would not enroll my kid at Janney. Also, I know about 20 families at Janney. 4 black, 1 interracial, and 5 white. 3 of the 4 Black are head and shoulders more wealthy with more prestigious careers. But you keep assuming all the black kids at Janney come from households making a modest $70k.
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PP here and I am simply wondering why Ross in particular has AA scores higher than comparable schools.  Do you really think Ross is doing something so specific and impactful and different from Janney etc. that it increases scores that much in AA students compared to other schools?  Rather than perhaps a more likely explanation, like SES differences or random fluctuations in scores?  If so, all I can say is that you have more faith in the system than I do, from one black parent to another.  
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[b]Ross is tiny, for one thing.  There are like twelve kids in the fifth grade.[/b]  As kids leave, the school does not backfill, so lots of fifth graders have been there all along vs. entering later.

And my own personal theory--Ross contains an above-average proportion of only/oldest children.  It's very common that a family who lives IB sends their first kid there, but when they have a second kid, they want more space, so they move out of the catchment.  So small classes full of the oldest children of educated, involved parents -- not really something that can be replicated.

What it does suggest is that physical plant is not the secret sauce.  The Ross building is tiny and old, and they are lacking in facilities common at other schools.  Not to say that physical plant doesn't matter, but clearly it's not a critical component of academic success.  [/quote]

Maybe it just comes down to really good teacher ratios.   My kid was in Janney 5th grade with 24 kids in 5th grade. 
If the teacher had exactly 1/2 the kids to teach (12) the experience for all the kids would be entirely different.  [/quote]

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