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Happens in the US too. It's similar to what's known as "white flight". White people leave an area due to minorities coming. The new area property value increas

by fma 6y ago

Happens in the US too. It's similar to what's known as "white flight". White people leave an area due to minorities coming. The new area property value increases... More tax money, resources for schools, better teachers get attracted to schools and districts with more resources. Also a part of my wonders how much influence schools even have on the kids. Families with more resources can pay to get outside help, like enrolling their kids in Kumon...or getting a private SAT tutor.

treis 6y ago
>White people leave an area due to minorities coming. The new area property value increases... More tax money, resources for schools, better teachers get attracted to schools and districts with more resources. This is a commonly held myth but it's not backed up by the data. Inner city districts are usually near the top of their state for per pupil spending. What they lack in residential tax base they usually make up for in commercial buildings. All of those high rise office buildings pay lots of property tax and don't send any kids to school.
- ArkanExplorer 6y ago
  Schooling has little impact on final outcomes generally. The biggest factors are genetics, and parenting. The problem is that acknowledging this leads to politically incorrect conclusions, so we continue to throw money at education and certain schools. We'd achieve better outcomes by reducing air and plastic pollution which are shown to have substantial negative potential impacts on intelligence and personality.
  - wizzwizz4 6y ago
    > The biggest factors are genetics, and parenting. How are you distinguishing the two? Show us the evidence, not your conclusions.
- gruez 6y ago
  > Inner city districts are usually near the top of their state for per pupil spending does this include donations and other sources of revenue (eg. bake sales)?
  - treis 6y ago
    I've not seen numbers for that but the difference is usually quite large. For example, Atlanta Public Schools is 14k per pupil while the Georgia state average is 10k.
- fma 6y ago
  Well, I stand corrected and can't find a way to edit my perpetuation of the myth. I live in Georgia so here's my data of spending per student per distrct Atlanta Public Schools: $15300 Fulton: $12700 Gwinnett: $9500 Forsyth: $9200 Dekalb County: $8800 I left Dekalb for Gwinnett. Gwinnett and Forsyth in general have much better schools, but spending is similar. Atlanta Public Schools has the highest spending in the state, and is the source of the cheating scandal from years back and in general does not have great schools.

by fma 6y ago

treis 6y ago

>White people leave an area due to minorities coming. The new area property value increases... More tax money, resources for schools, better teachers get attracted to schools and districts with more resources. This is a commonly held myth but it's not backed up by the data. Inner city districts are usually near the top of their state for per pupil spending. What they lack in residential tax base they usually make up for in commercial buildings. All of those high rise office buildings pay lots of property tax and don't send any kids to school.

ArkanExplorer 6y ago
Schooling has little impact on final outcomes generally. The biggest factors are genetics, and parenting. The problem is that acknowledging this leads to politically incorrect conclusions, so we continue to throw money at education and certain schools. We'd achieve better outcomes by reducing air and plastic pollution which are shown to have substantial negative potential impacts on intelligence and personality.
- wizzwizz4 6y ago
  > The biggest factors are genetics, and parenting. How are you distinguishing the two? Show us the evidence, not your conclusions.
gruez 6y ago
> Inner city districts are usually near the top of their state for per pupil spending does this include donations and other sources of revenue (eg. bake sales)?
- treis 6y ago
  I've not seen numbers for that but the difference is usually quite large. For example, Atlanta Public Schools is 14k per pupil while the Georgia state average is 10k.
fma 6y ago
Well, I stand corrected and can't find a way to edit my perpetuation of the myth. I live in Georgia so here's my data of spending per student per distrct Atlanta Public Schools: $15300 Fulton: $12700 Gwinnett: $9500 Forsyth: $9200 Dekalb County: $8800 I left Dekalb for Gwinnett. Gwinnett and Forsyth in general have much better schools, but spending is similar. Atlanta Public Schools has the highest spending in the state, and is the source of the cheating scandal from years back and in general does not have great schools.