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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was bored and looked up every elementary school.  Below are the four least diverse elementary schools in FCPS.  Lynbrook is the least diverse, but [b]Waynewood is the whitest.[/b]

Lynbrook
85.5% Hispanic
8% Asian
3.8% Caucasian

Graham Road
82.7% Hispanic
7% Caucasian
5% Black

Waynewood
82.6% Caucasian
6% Hispanic
6.7% Other

Hybla Valley
82% Hispanic
9.6% Black
4.5% Asian

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Is that a good thing?

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All you need to do is look at test scores to find out.

Lynbrook:
Math: 39%
Reading: 36%
Science: 50%

Graham Road:
Math: 45%
Reading: 51%
Science: 51%

[b]Waynewood:
Math: 91%
Reading: 92%
Science: 82%[/b]

Hybla Valley:
Math: 39%
Reading: 38%
Science: 47%

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The Waynewood scores are really low for a high-SES school, presumably because there are no Asian kids. If it was a majority Asian school, all of the scores would be in the high 90s. All this is telling me is that it's not as good of a school as you think it is.[/quote]

Blatant racism about how Asians are good at tests aside...

The "goodness" of a school doesn't really have much to do with the average scores so much as the amount of distraction from learning caused by large populations of underperforming students.  If your kid is average, but in a class with 20 kids who don't speak English, or don't bother doing work, etc. etc. then your kid will lose out on their education because the teachers will be focused elsewhere.  If on the other hand your kid is surrounded by other good kids who are there to learn, it doesn't matter if they're sterotypical Asian math experts, your kid will still be able to maximize their potential.  And THAT is the real difference between Waynweood and, say, Hybla Valley.[/quote]
Ugh, so tired of people and their stupid "not all asians are good at math" trope. No, sweetie, we know all Asians are not mathletes, but we do know that culturally, the focus on academics is there. And stronger in Asian families (primarily immigrant families) than in caucasian families, so even if my child is academically average, I'm going to force him to study more and ensure he gets good grades instead off making sure he makes the Level 1 travel soccer team so daddy can brag about that.[/quote]

They get better test scores (in part) because Asian immigrants (in the US) have higher average skill/education levels than other groups. Asian immigrants on average came from higher SES backgrounds in their country of origin. To the extent that social status is transmissible/heritable this skew in average SES will be reflected in the outcomes of their children. [/quote]

Wrong. Asian kids get better test scores because their parents care more about academics than they do about sports or their own pleasure.

Just look at how Asian parents spend their time vs. white moms and dads spend their time. You bet that Asian parents don't spend their day shuttling little Larla to Lacrosse and then sneak off to the country club or hop into Millie's for a Frose with their downtime, picking up some fried zucchini for the kids to eat on the car ride home. After Asian parents pick little La Lee up from Piano, they head straight home, where one parent sits at the dining table and drill math workbooks and the other cooks family dinner, during which they talk about, you guessed it, La Lee's grades.[/quote]

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