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"Guys, don't panic - our schools are great, as long as you're white!" If they're failing to educate a large number of students, they're not working as intended

• pmorici 16y ago
  Thats not what he concludes. It's "as long as your parents are educated".
  • Alex3917 16y ago
    And he's wrong again. The reason high-SES kids score better on standardized tests isn't because they learn more in school, it's because they learn more at home. In fact low-SES kids actually learn almost as much at school than high-SES kids[1], it's just that they start out 2-3 years behind in Kindergarten[2], and instead of learning over the summer they actually regress[1]. What the data actually shows is that students DON'T learn if they're white, but in a feat of epic illogic this guy has somehow managed to convince himself that the opposite is true. [1] http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED037322.pdf http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED037322.pdf (C.f. figure 2 and 3) [1] http://www.amazon.com/Meaningful-Differences-Everyday-Experience-American/dp/1557661979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293561394&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Meaningful-Differences-Everyday-Experi...
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  • towelrod 16y ago
    He didn't control for parental education, he controlled for recent immigration status.
    • kenjackson 16y ago
      Which is unfortunate because parental education and income are in the dataset. I wish I had the time to sift through it.
    • pmorici 16y ago
      It seems like he is using immigration status as a proxy for parental education level. As he later notes the effect is non existent and in fact opposite in Canada and Australia which he attributes to the skills based immigration system.