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I wonder how de Blasio's proposal would lead to different patterns of where people live in the city - it seems that to play this game (and it sounds like many p

• dmurray 8y ago
  Yes. I expect the author's mother would seek out school districts with the lowest test scores (perhaps the lowest population of Asian-Americans) and send her daughter there instead. So if what the policy makers really want is to equally distribute Asian immigrants among the city's middle schools, perhaps they've hit on the policy that will do that.
  • otoburb 8y ago
    >Yes. I expect the author's mother would seek out school districts with the lowest test scores (perhaps the lowest population of Asian-Americans) and send her daughter there instead. In that situation, the parents of a child who might be considered academically bright will need to contend with the additional burden of trying to motivate their child to be different (i.e. higher test scores) than the rest of their peers who, for various reasons, don't test as well. Peer pressure is a thing, and is sometimes seen by parents as a blessing if it gives their child an incentive to study.