Just as you correctly pointed out that my experience from the Bay Area is not generally applicable, neither is Providence RI a good example of most of the US. In most of the US there is a poorer urban center surrounded by wealthier white suburbanites who moved to the suburbs for the "good schools" while the urban school district has test…
Just as you correctly pointed out that my experience from the Bay Area is not generally applicable, neither is Providence RI a good example of most of the US. In most of the US there is a poorer urban center surrounded by wealthier white suburbanites who moved to the suburbs for the "good schools" while the urban school district has test scores similar to suburban schools for children in the same race and class demographic.
I think you’re making a good point; a lot of parents are afraid of the possibility of their kids getting abused, but it would be nice to have data on how likely this is. We do have data on expulsion rates, though, and it seems that black males are likelier than any other group to be expelled; this is often taken to be evidence of administrators’ and teachers’ racism, but I’m skeptical.
Just as you correctly pointed out that my experience from the Bay Area is not generally applicable, neither is Providence RI a good example of most of the US. In most of the US there is a poorer urban center surrounded by wealthier white suburbanites who moved to the suburbs for the "good schools" while the urban school district has test scores similar to suburban schools for children in the same race and class demographic.
I think you’re making a good point; a lot of parents are afraid of the possibility of their kids getting abused, but it would be nice to have data on how likely this is. We do have data on expulsion rates, though, and it seems that black males are likelier than any other group to be expelled; this is often taken to be evidence of administrators’ and teachers’ racism, but I’m skeptical.