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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure that socioeconomic serration is a bad thing if its handled to maximize offerings to students across the board but in different ways.

You can end up increasing rather than decreasing racism if a diverse socioeconomic school has trends where kids of one race perform better and have more financial resources than another. You see more segregation among the students and stereotypes form in their mind. If you have a racially diverse group but everyone is from similar socioeconomic backgrounds kids see equality between the groups and they form more racially diverse friendships.

The needs are different based on socioeconomic circumstances. Why not let affluent parents collect and raise large amounts of money to fund school facilities and resources. This is less money that the county would spend on those school and money that could be diverted to schools that don't have this advantage.

If there are problems at lower SES with kids being hungry or not having parents to help with homework why not offer free meals 3 times a day at these schools and evening tutoring services to actually bridge the gap? If there are problems at higher SES schools with kids being held back and not being given challenging curriculum why not offer acceleration and/or programs where these students can provide after school tutoring programs in lower SES schools? [/quote]

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