>What I'm really postulating that the only way to improve the educational outcomes of students that come from families who don't emphasize education is to surround them with students who come from families that do emphasize education.
I think this works to some degree, but could depend on ratio. One can't ship underperformers into PaloAlto High or Cupertino and overwhelm the student body --it's not as if the influence is one-way.
>Yes, this is certainly possible, and is the most common argument utilized by the rich parents when faced with charges of racism towards poor blacks and Latinos.
I think looking at homogenous societies (or even states) and looking at achievers vs performers attitudes in those societies. How do parents there deal with these issues? If this argument is used, and those societies are homogenous, then it can't be racist but classist (or even pedagogical).
I think this works to some degree, but could depend on ratio. One can't ship underperformers into PaloAlto High or Cupertino and overwhelm the student body --it's not as if the influence is one-way.
>Yes, this is certainly possible, and is the most common argument utilized by the rich parents when faced with charges of racism towards poor blacks and Latinos.
I think looking at homogenous societies (or even states) and looking at achievers vs performers attitudes in those societies. How do parents there deal with these issues? If this argument is used, and those societies are homogenous, then it can't be racist but classist (or even pedagogical).