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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a spin off of the Wilson thread but I am interested to know what research says about why high SES kids(as a proxy for children of educated mothers)  will do well no matter their peer group to a point.  I have read about the correlation to education of the mother.  As an educated mother, I suspect that part of why my kids will do well is because I will ensure that they attend strong schools.  That is, I will move or take other actions as necessary to ensure good educational outcomes, not that the fact of having an educated mother without more will cause my children to succeed academically.  So, when someone says to me that I should not worry about the observed outcomes of a school because my children will be fine no matter what, my reaction is of course they will be fine precisely because I would never send them to such a school.

Go ahead, call me racist or whatever but I am really Interested in knowing whether and, if so, how the research accounts for this.[/quote]

I agree with the research and gave observed in our personal experience. That said, I would think the assumption should be premised on “all things being equal”. In other words the teachers at high/low poverty schools are of similar caliber, access to resources/curriculum, etc. AND I would add similar levels of classroom climate. In my experience at the middle/high level, this isn’t always true. High poverty schools may have more disruptive kids whose parents are less likely to address problems, and that’s where a major source of imbalance occurs...[/quote]

Thanks.  I read the comments here as suggesting that, regardless of whether things are equal, I (or someone like me) am racist if I refuse to send my child to an objectively sub par school because my child will be fine as a result of having educated parents and a high SES.  I think the educated parent characteristics include ensuring “all things are equal” and not sending your child to a sub par school and this impacts the correlation (evidence) everyone relies on.  I am not speaking about my own child here, I am speaking of such parents and children generally.

I will add that I completely support SES integration for the benefit of all the students, but it has to be a good school and the research supports less than 50% low SES to achieve the benefits.  I absolutely do not, however, trust DCPS to do this well if they cannot even sufficiently resource the one high performing comprehensive high that currently exists in the city.[/quote]

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