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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"BTW - not all of these kids are African American or Hispanic. To say so is racist."

Not PP but it is not racist to state the fact that most of the kids in MoCo that are FARMS are AA or Hispanic. I don't think anyone is saying all FARMS kids are those races nor that all AA or Hispanic kids are FARMS. But many of the county's AA/Hispanic kids are also FARMS and a high rate of the county's FARM population is in turn AA/Hispanic. [/quote]

So, if you acknowledge a link between the FARM population and the AA/Hispanic population, then could what is being reported as an achievement gap between Asians/Whites in MCPS and AA/Hispanics in MCPS is really just a gap between socio economic groups (rich vs. poor)?  The distinction is important because you have to acknowledge what the real problem is in order to develop a system that works to fix it.

A racial gap means that there is redlining and discrimination within MCPS that leads to lesser opportunities for achievement based on a child's racial identity.

Socioeconomic disparity means that there are financial issues driving the gap.  Extra funding for support programs (ie. free tutoring service for homework and SAT prep, more money for music, art, and sports programs, parent support classes and training, etc.) would be a step in the right direction in attacking socioeconomic problems.

If that doesn't work, I say open up the boundaries.  Let all kids choose where they want to go to school.  Why a parent would want to send their kid from a school with 15 kids per class to a school with 32 kids per class just because the later school has the preppy zip code is beyond me.[/quote]

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