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The data also shows that high SES students/whites aren't hurt by integrated classrooms.  Not buying it.  Two or three of the half dozen public housing project denizens in my kid's 3rd grade classroom EotP were a real problem this past school year, sucking up a great deal of the classroom teacher's time, focus and energy.

[b]You will appreciate how I am arguing using facts in the real world when I state that she was hurt by having these kids in her class, particularly on the day when one of them slugged her in the mouth and cussed her out. The kid wasn't punished or even removed from the class on that day - he was simply made to apologize.[/b]

My child was bored in her reading group, and not particularly challenged in math, even as the poor teacher battled to get, and keep the several disruptive and academically disastrous SES kids on track emotionally and academically.  We're planning to give DCPS one more year.  If things don't improve, we're gone.[/quote]

This story is what's technically known as an "anecdote."  While I'm sure it's deeply meaningful to you, it's not useful for making policy.

Here's another anecdote -- my grandpa smoke like a chimney and drank like a fish his whole life.  He lived to 95, at which point he died peacefully in his sleep.  What policy choices shall we make based on Granpa's experience?

The data shows that high SES whites don't have lower test scores or worse outcomes through graduate school by going to integrated schools.  You can "not buy it", but that's what's happening in the actual real world.

It's interesting to see that you're not pretending that you're not pro-segregation.  I don't think I've interacted with an actual avowed segregationist since my kindergarten class was integrated in 1970 in the south. [/quote]

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