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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it again.  There is a reasonable and even compelling public interest in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities at a STEM magnet high school, funded entirely by tax payers.  This is basic stuff. Cultural silos should not be allowed to form in public high schools.  If that means white and Asian kids (Males too), who are historically overrepresented  in the field have it harder, tough cookies. It’s not actually “harder” if you think about what other populations have to overcome to even have a shot in STEM.  If you don’t think STEM fields have a diversity problem, I can’t help you. You have no idea what you’re talking about.  We need diversity if we want innovation. [/quote]

I actually don’t think this is true.

“Cultural silos” (whatever that means) can be allowed
We don’t “need” diversity for innovation; we need best & brightest for innovation

That means lots of Asian & Indian students. [/quote]

Corporate America vehemently disagrees with you.

Innovation requires a lot of skill sets and perspectives, not just kids who are really good at memorizing things in cram schools.[/quote]

Ok. So let’s say the highest performing students are not allowed in the most academic schools. And instead our most creative students are allowed in our most academic schools: what happens? They perform poorly in their classes. That’s my guess.

Why push creative students to be highly academic? Why not allow creative students to be creative? They should be filling our art schools, or theatre and music schools.  They should be pursuing liberal arts education, which is VERY important field of study.

We need engineers and doctors and economists.  The fact that many of them are Indian and Asian shouldn’t bother people.

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I don’t even know where to start with this. Honestly. We need creative students that are STEM capable. Both. We need kids that are both. They will be our nation’s next generation of entrepreneurs.  We need talented STEM students from all walk of life, because that diversity brings real value—as in, perspectives that are not normally considered, solutions for problems people didn’t know existed because they are stuck in their bubbles. It’s not lip service. It’s a real need. Our STEM magnet school cannot afford to NOT be diverse. So what if some “deserving” kids don’t get in? It’s not all about your kid. There will be other opportunities for your child, TJ isn’t the end all.  Perhaps we disagree on the purpose of the school in the first place.[/quote]

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