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Let me give you an example: pet school A and school B, dogs and cats go to these schools.

In school A, cats get an average score of 90, dogs get an average score of 20.
In school B, cats get an average score of 100, dogs get an average score of 30.

Do you think school B must out-perform school A?

Not true. The answer: school A has 100 cats and 1 dog. School B has 100 dogs and 1 cat. Now you can see which school has higher performing animals?

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12:13 here again.

Here's the interpretation of PP's allegory, for those of you who had trouble:

Cats are from educated and/or high-income families, dogs are from poorly educated and/or low-income families. 
School A is in Bethesda, School B is in Wheaton.
[b]No school is inherently better.[/b]
It's the make-up of School A which is more propitious for learning, due to geographical wealth segregation.
School B can have just as many dedicated teachers and interesting programs for all we know, but it's never going to have excellent outcomes for the [u]majority[/u] of its students.

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