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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So here's the thing. Ethnic and racial diversity is a plus when you are in school. Socio economic diversity is not a plus to any group in school.

The W schools with their wide range of nationalities, religions, and races but non-existent poverty and uneducated parents is a reflection of the work force that the W kids will be competing in years from now. It is beneficial for the white kids to see asian kids working so hard. Its beneficial for the asian kids to figure out how to work past white privilege. Its good for both groups to see Africans and African Americans scoring at the top and living in big houses. Its good for everyone to see how warm and welcoming the Iranian families are to everyone. I'm stereotyping here of course but there is a wide range of culture yet everyone priories education and has educated parents.

SES diversity creates a lot of problems for every group. It solidifies negative stereotypes when the majority of white and asian kids are rich and scoring high and the majority of hispanic and AA kids are poor and scoring low. It contributes to unconscious bias on the part of the teachers. The groups mix less because the SES differences aren't compatible. The poor kid doesn't want to hang around rich kids doing things he or she can't afford. The rich kids aren't allowed to go to the poor kids houses for parental fear of drugs and crime. Resources get split up between the poor who need a lot and the rich who demand a lot. The kids in the middle get lost. They all learn to ignore and look past each other at a young age.

The opportunities that the rich kids have are not provided by the school. It doesn't help the poor kids when the rich kids go to tutors or SAT prep. It doesn't help the poor kids when the rich kids get their phone taken away for getting a B. It is a BIG false statement that opportunity hoarding is the problem with the schools. There is no opportunity at Whitman that isn't available at Kennedy that can be enjoyed by a poor kid. The extra opportunities at Whitman all come from not only having the peer group that can afford outside enrichment but being able to afford the enrichment itself.

In the Information Age, the rich college bound kids are not going to be working side by side with many of the poor kids who drop out and work minimum wage jobs. They all learned to ignore each other and swim in their own lanes if they went to a diverse from an SES standpoint school or not. The economic diversity mixing doesn't make anyone more prepared for the workforce. [/quote]
I grew up low income, went to a crap HS and work for one of the most famous internet companies in the world, along side kids who grew up going to &quot;rich&quot; schools.

There is a study that shows that low income students do better in schools with &lt;25% FARMs rate. These low income kids may not end up working on Wall St, but giving them a chance at a better education means a better future for them.[/quote]

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