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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Average scores in Fairfax are higher than in Arlington.  Just like some douchebag in Arlington to think only white people matter. [/quote]

No one said that "only white people matter" -- you're awfully eager to find an insult where there is none.

I am not in Arlington, but I posed the question comparing white kids in Arlington and white kids in FCPS b/c that is a rough way to take out the kids who are most likely to be ESOL or have poverty issues.  Now, before you get your knickers in a pinch, I realize that there are white kids who are FARMS, but as a whole, we all know that poverty and language problems are less common in the white populations.  It's also not fair to label a school or district as "bad" just b/c they have more minority/poor kids mixed into their average score.  If the kids least likely to have poverty/language issues are doing well -- that tells me the school IS doing something right.

So, back to the question -- what's the explanation for why the white kids in Arlington are scoring higher than the white kids in FCPS?  Here's a hypothesis -- maybe the housing options are such that the white kids in Arlington are coming from a higher socio/economic households than the white kids (overall) in FCPS?  Does anyone have a different explanation?[/quote]

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