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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it interesting when people say,[b] "if more people like you sent your kids to under-performing public schools, those schools would improve." Would they? Why? What do they mean by "improve"? [/b]We all know that kids from higher SES in general score better ok testing, but bringing up average test scores is not improving the quality of teaching at a school. And is not about money. DC spends an exorbitant amount of money per student with very poor outcomes.

I also think people tend to focus on "the school" vs the students in these conversations. [/quote]

It means that your money, time, advocacy, could benefit children other than your own, children who often don't have parents with the time/resources/ability to organize, advocate, volunteer, etc. That's what they mean. It means if schools were less economically segregated, all students would benefit from increased resources, increased opportunity.

And if you do not to want to be part of the system, or give back as much as you are willing to take, go pay for private school all by yourself, where your children can be surrounded by a homogeneous peer group and you can cut a check and not think about any of this anymore. Bye. [/quote]

I'm the pp you quoted. My child attends a public school that is ethnically & socio-economically diverse.  I volunteer at the school. But what I'm getting at is, what makes a school a good school? Is it involved, educated parents? Is it a difference in teachers? I think people throw around "good" and "bad" with regard to schools without a clear definition. If it were easy and clear-cut to "improve" schools, everyone would do it. I'm just not sure that the presence of well-educated, UMC families in schools actually improves the performance of kids who weren't doing well in the first place, rather than just bringing up average test scores. [/quote]

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