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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]California is a bellweather for the rest of the country in many respects, with its large and largely successful confluence of immigrant populations from Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

For many decades the schools segregated themselves by SES.  All CA public schools are very diverse communities, but those with more affluent parent communities, higher on the SES, tended to be the best public schools.  Families in less successful public school districts tended to use the private schools -- of which many developed to meet the demands and needs.

Now, with the exception of the very poorest, urban neighborhoods, you are seeing families return to the local public schools, even in traditionally not-so-great districts.  Why?  I think families reconsidered the ever-increasing costs if public schools.  Also, Californians -- once perhaps wary of the immigrant influx -- came to value and embrace their new neighbors as first-generation learner turned into successful second-generation strivers, and as a very high-achieving new immigrant populations moved in and brought new life to the public schools.

This renewed influx and investment in the schools is creating again a healthy, traditional, successful, and thriving public schools environment. -- like you may remember growing up.  The California public schools are currently very socio-economically, racially, ethnically, and socially diverse places -- and increasingly a model of success in public education again on many fronts.

The DC metropolitan region seems to be at the beginning of a cycle that for California began decades ago, and which is finally working its way to a more positive place today.  [/quote]

That's a fascinating and very positive description of the current state of the California schools.  I haven't heard any of this described this way.  Do you know of any more detailed articles that discuss this?  I'd love to read more about the renaissance of the CA public schools.  Thanks![/quote]

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