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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ Multi-generational low-SES status persists because low expectations perpetuate and propagate generationally.

If you really, truly care about ever breaking that cycle and ending multi-generational low-SES status then the take-away is that one should not be grumbling about accommodations (and thus perpetuating low-expectation, low-SES culture) and instead be talking to the [b]community[/b] about the type of opportunity reflected here, and instead that one should be looking to MEET the expectations, as opposed to expecting schools to never set a bar.[/quote]

AA PP here.  Which community?  Partly true that low expectations perpetuate failure.  The other piece of the puzzle is clearly "cultural," given that around 1/3 of high-SES AA kids don't perform as well in school as high-SES white and East Asian (all classes) counterparts.  Get thee to the Cato Institute web site for analysis of how AA, being fairly new to the middle class, don't always embrace middle-class values even if they have the wherewithal to.

If you really, truly care about breaking the cycle, identify GT and "advanced" kids of all races and classes young, reach out to their caregivers offering special support, and nurture the kids' talents like crazy - DC fails abysmally in this regard.  Genius springs up in odd places but DC pols and school reform leaders don't seem to give a damn.

The writing is on the wall for Basis to be too little too late for a lot of the kids.  Meeting expectations sounds great, but when expectations aren't set until age 11 or later, you're missing the boat for many of the brightest from low-SES families in general and AA families across the SES spectrum.

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