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Why would we not? If I didn't control for demographics, I probably wouldn't have my kids in our local public schools (in the wealthiest county <? - Santa Clara
by eitally 2y ago
Why would we not? If I didn't control for demographics, I probably wouldn't have my kids in our local public schools (in the wealthiest county <? - Santa Clara> in the country) because the Great Schools ratings show only mid-pack achievement. If I do control for demographics, though, I see the white & Asian kids are doing fine and it's the rest who are struggling, primarily for a combination of socioeconomic & immigration reasons. Given this, I'm comfortable sending my kids to our neighborhood schools because I'm in the fortunate demographic where kids will do well no matter where you put them.
It's the same for any educational achievement measures, including PISA. Kids from households with two parents who are working professionals and college educated will do fine most of the time, and kids without those privileges will struggle most of the time.
- drivebyhooting 2y agoAre you not concerned with the negative socialization? Anecdote: I still have a chipped front tooth from “the other demographic” throwing a ball at my face in public high school PE.
- kenjackson 2y agoEither you have a better sense of humor than I do, or that anecdote is especially not useful.
- 3836293648 2y agoIt kinda makes sense when looking at local schools to send your children to. It makes no sense when comparing countries in a major international study, that's just massaging data to make yourself look good
- Jensson 2y agoEvery country has immigrants though, you can't just selectively remove them in one country and not the others, that is not an apples to apples comparison.
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- optymizer 2y ago> Why would we not? Because it's a random axis to split the data on and you only do it for the US, which makes zero sense to do when comparing entire countries. What about Tunisian immigrants in France? Maybe they'd be at the very top? What about Whites in all countries? Maybe White kids across the globe are better than White kids in the US, which would put the US at the bottom? We cannot conclude that "US education is amongst the top in the world" from the chart you presented.