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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So how would you propose that schools create a student body with so-called "real diversity" that includes ideology?[/quote]

You don’t! It is not a realistic target for schools that charge $50k+ per year! And that’s fine and makes sense. But people at these schools should stop fooling themselves. There are many parents at our school who claim to have chosen it because it’s more diverse than other top schools, when the reality is that the  diversity was a “nice to have”. They mainly care about the fact that it is a top school. They irk me as much as the people who say they “really believe in and wanted to support public school but public school today (in their top school districts) is much worse than when they were younger” etc etc. The reality is that they have the means to give their child a luxury good (private school) that a lot of their peers are spending on, and be around similar peers (except for the occasional volunteer activity to make them feel good).

Real diversity happens when it is the default option for most people. They are forced to interact with and work alongside peers of all different backgrounds and ideologies — and that happens in public school.

(Obviously there are a handful of kids for whom public school is just not possible for a range of reasons and that’s a different situation).[/quote]

I agree with this. If you want real diversity go to a public school. Period.[/quote]

I am the PP you're responding to and just want to clarify that I absolutely believe that diversity is incredibly important. Choosing private means acknowledging that we are giving that up (which is a huge loss and definitely not a benefit to the community/society-- it only benefits us) and cannot claim diversity as one of our core values/priorities. We own that and do not kid ourselves. My annoyance lies with people who try to both, choose private and claim that diversity is truly important to them, especially when their public schools are very good. [/quote]

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