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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Hopelessly Politically Correct Poster without small in-boundary children, welcome back, we missed ya.

Define great school?  Wouldn't a great school be diverse in a world-class city like ours, vs. around 80% low SES AA?  [/quote]

Maybe I'm being overly politically-correct, but I think that your post could understandably offend a great number of our posters. The definition of a great school is necessarily subjective. Diversity might be one factor -- it's certainly one that I appreciate -- but not necessarily the only factor. If a school were 80% high-SES white students, few would suggest that it could not be a great school due to a lack of diversity. Yet, you seem to suggest that a school with 80% low SES AA students almost by definition could not be great. That might generally be true, but whether the fault lies with the students or the school should be open for debate. You might have cause and effect reversed.

I would hope that in this forum we can find factors to evaluate schools beyond simplistic race and SES statistics. Our audience is highly-educated and, generally, thoughtful. I think we can do much better. 
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+1 Well said.[/quote]

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