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There is no shame in saying that good schools depend on well-informed parents with sufficient means to drive their kids’ academic success.

That is a documented FACT.

Stop saying we’re racist or elitist  to say so. The confounding factor is that non-whites are statistically less likely to be wealthy or have higher education degrees (recent exception: Asians). Stop presuming that wanting the best schools means people wish to avoid brown people. It is not true. People want the best chance of success for their kids, and if this was at a a school full of green Martians, they would send them there!

The racist tropes are getting old and are impeding useful discussions based on facts. You can’t figure out a way to reduce the achievement gap if you start with a false racial premise instead of focusing on economics.

But it’s easier to whine about racism than it is to work on poverty and economic inequality! Blaming others instead of actually brainstorming is the lazy solution.

- a non-white person.
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Except that you can't disentangle issues of race and poverty, at least, not if you're being honest.  Just saying it's a confound is a nice out, but it's not going to solve any problems.  What solutions are you offering?

I mean, what do you think those of us at non-W schools are trying to do but to better them?  Plenty of us are involved and thoughtful and care a lot about our kids' education, but we literally cannot afford the wealthier parts of MCPS, at least not without significantly compromising other important aspects of raising children.

And then there's the issue of what "the best chance of success" for kids means.  I want my kids to be healthy, productive members of our diverse society, and I don't think a largely white, largely wealthy school isd the best way to get them there.  I don't want my kids to live in a bubble.  Others want different goals for their kids.  I know parents of kids at elite private schools complaining that they're too play-based, and bemoaning the lack of homework in early elementary (!).  They *want* their kids in a highly competitive, academic setting.  I don't want that for my kids because, again, I don't think it's the best way to raise them to be well-rounded adults (and there's a lot of data on the negative effects of chronic stress on development).  But you have GOT to stop saying that people who send their kids to non "elite" or whatever school don't want their kids to be successful.  That's damaging and unproductive.[/quote]

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