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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Diversity encompasses a broad spectrum from race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and socio-economic status. It bothers me greatly that many in MCPS don't acknowledge this.

MCPS is very focused on the lowest scoring group. The demographics of this group have several attributes racial- black or hispanic, ethnicity/national origin -AA, Central America, socioeconomic status - below or at the poverty line. Its wrong to say that race is the driver for low scores as African immigrants and wealthy AA score very well. Its wrong to say its only socioeconomic as poor Asian students score very well. The low scores correlate with several demographic attributes not one aspect.

Wootton and Churchill have broad diversity in race, religion, ethnicity, and[b] national origin[/b]. They both have low diversity in socio-economic status. They have a low population of students with the collection of attributes that correlate with the lowest performance. [/quote]

Except for national origin from Central America,  South America, the Caribbean, or Africa (either recently or via the trans-Atlantic slave trade). That's a big chunk of the world.

As for your assertion that students from African immigrant, poor Asian immigrant, and wealthy African-American families score "very well" --[b] I would be very interested in data that support your assertion[/b].[/quote]

Not PP.  I would like to add, if you check the MCPS At a Glance sheet for Churchill vs some place like RM, and look at the Black/Hispanic kids' scores, you'll note that these kids in RM seem to do a bit better than those at Churchill.[/quote]

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