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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher and longtime public school parent and I absolutely agree “good schools” is a loaded term. We have a racial test score gap everywhere in this country. So while it would be taboo to say “I want a school without black and Hispanic students,” it is perfectly acceptable in polite society to say “I only want a school with the top scores,” which gets you the same segregated outcome. Parents are literally afraid of black and Hispanic children and of low-income children of all colors because they perceive that they lower their own children’s prospects and also lower their home values when they’re in the same district. Frankly I find it morally wrong. I think we will look back in horror someday at how we chose housing prices based on how white a school was.

My own kids have gone to public schools rated 4-6 or so, and have had great experiences. Their education and their experiences have not had anything to do with those “rankings.”[/quote]

Then you and the OP can enroll your children in the “schools without the top scores.” Put your money where your mouth is. [/quote]

Then don't judge people who (gasp) put their children in ''schools without the top scores'' as being ''neglectful of their children'' or whatever. [/quote]

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