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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does racial equity work look like when there is no proof that disparities in any particular measure means there is bias?

Why not just meet every child where they are and go from there? [/quote]

This is such a racist dog whistle. Any such disparities are due to systemic inquities in the classroom.[/quote]

It isn't racist.  It's intelligent inquiry.   Association is not causation.

But if you build policy on association, you end up with unintended, and often harmful impacts.   And no guarantee you actually fix anything.

Schools can't equalize outcomes when some kids are born and remain in poverty when others come from outrageous wealth.
Schools can't equalize outcomes when some kids have robust health insurance coverage that pays for neuropsych exams and years of therapy when other kids have nothing.
Schools can't equalize outcomes when some kids are homeless and others have stable homes, stable transportation, etc.
Schools can't equalize outcomes when some kids have parents with mental health or substance misuse disorders and other kids have parents with no additional medical needs.
Schools can't equalize outcomes when some kids have parents who can run to the store for the supplies they need for a last minute project and others can't.

If we ignore those systematic inequities outside of school, we have no hope of improving things within schools.   
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There is plenty of evidence nationally, and MCPS data is consistent with this though what they release is limited, that race by itself predicts outcomes (independent from class). When you break down the data by race and income, you see that Black children from high-income families do significantly worse than White children from high-income families. You insist that there's no proof, but you haven't even looked.[/quote]

The 'class' measure in those studies are one year error-prone income measures, generally self-reported. Not wealth, not connections, not the extended family.  Basically, the 'class' measure in those studies systematically mismeasures class for black American descendants of slaves.[/quote]

I didn't say class, I said income. No study is perfect,  but the data I've seen is pretty compelling. You sound pretty determined to disbelieve anything that contradicts.your world view, so I will leave you too that.[/quote]

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