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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition, 20% of the FCPS teachers must be Asian to properly reflect the student population. 20% of the County employees must be Asians to reflect the demographics of the County. 
20% of the County contracts and grants must go to Asians and Asian groups. It is not equitable that virtually 0% goes to Asians and Asian groups.
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FCPS would love to get more people applying to be teachers. The same goes for FCPD and FCFD. [/quote]

Well, it’s possible that asians aren’t motivated to apply because they think their chances of getting these positions are too small and don’t want to invest time into it. May be board/county/state should introduce point systems and give booster points for all the under represented races (use ‘some’ proxy classification that implies race) and relax criteria a bit in all the government positions so more Asians and other minorities will apply in future! What do you think? [/quote]

Sure. Go round up some applicants. We need more qualified teachers. 
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You see qualification is arbitrary. We can just dilute the requirements so that more people from all levels can easily qualify. If you understand the statistics, it is not difficult to come up with some new criteria that is overly represented by the specific under represented race/group and add some bonus points and also reduce the weightage to some existing criteria another race/group appears to be benefiting from. There is no need to go round up applicants, just publish the new selection criteria, applicants will come and there is no need to go door to door with a big drum.

I guess you understand I am being sarcastic. Its stupid and insulting to give 'quotas' and/or 'bonus' points to specific groups of people to boost their chances as if they can't compete fairly. You need remove barriers and provide incentives to that more people will become interested. For example, a while ago (in 2000s), I told my boss to hire more women and the response I got was - "I would love to hire more women, but we can't change our job requirements or choose a lesser qualified candidate. All we can do is to offer better benefits, flexible time etc so women feel more welcome here. Also, if there aren't many qualified candidates in pipeline, there isn't much we can do".

The point I am making here, we shouldn't reduce standards or introduce new selection critiera (quotas, bonus points etc) that favors one group over others. We should instead focus on generating interest, conduct seminars, teachers encourage good students from under represented schools to apply, offer extra classes/training, provide better transportation/assistance etc.

This is my take. I understand you may not necessarily agree with this, which is fine. Btw, we arguing in this channel doesn't change anything expect :)

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