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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. You could use some therapy. [/quote]

Nah.  I wasn't born yesterday and can spot self serving BS when I see it.  What kind of solution is income equality will solve TJ's diversity issues?  If that's the the critical thinking the current TJ produces, change is long overdue.[/quote]
Why do you think income inequality is the core problem here? Many poor Asian kids test into NYC's best schools--Stuyvesant, Bronx Science etc. Why do you think poor people can't test into TJ?[/quote]

I've seen this argument made MANY times.  However, you need to actually look at the data and how poverty is actually defined.

For FCPS, "poverty" means the percentage of students receiving free or reduced priced meals.  In FCPS, this is about 30%.  Its unclear if the all students that attend schools where everyone gets free lunch are included in this number.

In NYC Schools, "poverty" appears to be not as well-defined.  Sometimes they use free/reduced priced meals and sometimes they use "community income".  Its very confusing and I'm sure a poverty expert would be able to explain it better.  NYC provides free meals to ALL of its students, not just those that are below 185% of the federal poverty limit.

NYC also sees the poverty rate at their specialized HS as a problem:

Students at the specialized high schools are less likely to be in poverty than students city wide.

While 74% of students city wide experience poverty, fewer than 50% of students at specialized high schools experience poverty.

Source: https://council.nyc.gov/data/school-diversity-in-nyc/[/quote]

Try harder.[/quote]

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