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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is NOT just a SES issue.  Google 'Shaker Heights achievement gap'.  A study was conducted by anthropologist John Ogbu because of the achievement gap in an affluent, racially-diverse neighorhood in Ohio.  While I do not agree with all of his findings, he does come to several excellent conclusions which should not be discounted.  [/quote]

It is well-known that the achievement gap persists even between high SES black and white students.  It is definitely not just about SES.[/quote]

I wish the term "achievement gap" had never been coined, and that closing it had never been identified as a goal.

[b]really?  who decided this?[/b]

It seems the important thing is that kids have the opportunity to achieve as well as they can -- not they are constantly being compared to each other on racial/ethnic grounds.[/quote]

Asked and answered.  Society demands performance.  And, the only reason racial/ethnic questions get raised is because more often than not, there's a racial/ethnic correlation - and the Shaker Heights discussion shows that it's not always an SES correlation.[/quote]

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