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NewJeffCT

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2. I know wealth is important

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 03:19 PM

Jan 2014

but, is it the primary driver?

If I took 5 middle class students from the "average" school's middle school and put them in the wealthy town's "good" school for high school, would their results be the same as if they stayed in their town and went to the "average" high school? And, if I did the reverse and put 5 wealthy kids from the "good" school area, they'd still do just as well in the "average" or "below average" schools?

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Education, wealth and school quality [View all] NewJeffCT Jan 2014 OP

Unfortunately those attributes are critically important, elleng Jan 2014 #1

I know wealth is important NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #2

Depends on lots of things, elleng Jan 2014 #3

A few decades ago, BEFORE high stakes testing became the norm, LWolf Jan 2014 #4

OK, how would parent education compare NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #5

The statistics don't track things that specifically. LWolf Jan 2014 #6

Thanks NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #7

Teachers make less. LWolf Jan 2014 #10

Yes, I know teachers make less NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #13

That's because teachers know about things like LWolf Jan 2014 #16

There's scant good evidence wealth is primary. Igel Jan 2014 #8

Thanks NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #9

And the regular, measurable testing gap between middle-class kids and wealthy kids? El_Johns Jan 2014 #11

Do good schools & better environments NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #12

Igel claims there's not good evidence that "wealth" is most important. But this just isn't the case. El_Johns Jan 2014 #14

When 22% of all kids in the US don't know where their next meal will come from, snot Jan 2014 #15

You're welcome NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #17