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0 pointsperl4ever6y ago0 comments

Let's say there is a city (somewhere in the northern half of the US) that has seen better days, due to the rise and fall of local industry in the 20th century, and there is a town/suburb that has much higher property values and better schools. The students in the suburban school(s) are much more likely to go to college than in the city schools. The suburb is nearly all white, with lots of parents with well-paying STEM jobs, while the city is not. De facto segregation. Which public school is "ordinary"?

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jstewartmobile6y ago

will also add that i think you asked a perfectly fair question, and have no idea why you've been downvoted

jstewartmobile6y ago

This is a media falsehood. Money != Quality Education.

Lived in one city. Higher wages, higher level of overall education, multiple colleges, very high per-pupil expenditure--terrible performance.

Lived in a rural town. Low wages, uneducated, poor, lower per-pupil expenditure--outstanding school performance.

I'll ponder some other hypothesis, but money ain't it.

edit: will add--before someone derps me on sample size--that a careful review of the stats will establish this as the rule rather than the exception.

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