NY Times: Money, Race, and Success

[iacrenter]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...uccess-how-your-school-district-compares.html

Basically if you have a lot of White and rich folks, your school district will generally do better. If you are poor and Hispanic/Black, forget about it. Surprisingly they didn't analyze the Asians.

Here is a snapshot of local school districts in the OC on standardized testing.
Results are in plus/minus grades compared to the average.

Irvine Unified +2.1
Tustin Unified +0.5
Santa Ana Unified -1.4
Saddleback Valley Unified +0.6
Newport-Mesa Unified -0.1

Also it looks like all the better school districts are in the Northeast and Midwest. Probably a function of the high concentration of White families and wealth in those areas.

Interesting color map from Stanford study of test results across the nation:
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Source Data:
Standford Education Data Archivehttps://cepa.stanford.edu/seda/overview
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[irvinehomeowner]

Basically if you have a lot of White and rich folks, your school district will generally do better.

I think this depends. Lots of those in Newport but not sure how good their schools are.

Just remember, Asian starts with an A, Caucasian starts with a C.

I'm Black, so maybe that explains why my kids get Bs.

#whyisTIalwaysaboutrace

 

[eyephone]

Statistics don't mean crap, if your kid is lazy and bums it at home. 

 

[AW]

Yeah, the flip side is true too, if your kid is super bright and in one of those not so good areas, chances increase in getting to a better college.  They get to write a tear jerker essay on how their homies are all shot up, drug dealers and pimps run the neighborhood, want to get out of the ghetto, etc etc (do they even have those anymore for college applications).

 

[iacrenter]

The article also mentioned that in rich communities, the racial disparity in test results is even greater. Call it the Kumon effect--rich parents can afford tutoring and complete academically with others. Sounds suspiciously like Irvine.

 

[qwerty]

Yeah, the flip side is true too, if your kid is super bright and in one of those not so good areas, chances increase in getting to a better college.  They get to write a tear jerker essay on how their homies are all shot up, drug dealers and pimps run the neighborhood, want to get out of the ghetto, etc etc (do they even have those anymore for college applications).

I would have traded 18 years of an affluent upbringing in exchange for not writing a tear jerker essay.

 

[socal78]

Surprisingly they didn't analyze the Asians.

I wasn't surprised, probably because asians are statistically insignificant. They make up only around 5% of the population in America. The article mentions reliable estimates are unavailable for asians. I think those two are related.

 

[momopi]

If I'm not mistaken, that patch of deep green NE of LA is Pasadena to Sierra Madre/Arcadia ?

 

[WTTCHMN]

If I'm not mistaken, that patch of deep green NE of LA is Pasadena to Sierra Madre/Arcadia ?

More likely La Canada.

 

[AW]

Yeah, the flip side is true too, if your kid is super bright and in one of those not so good areas, chances increase in getting to a better college.  They get to write a tear jerker essay on how their homies are all shot up, drug dealers and pimps run the neighborhood, want to get out of the ghetto, etc etc (do they even have those anymore for college applications).

I would have traded 18 years of an affluent upbringing in exchange for not writing a tear jerker essay.

Affluenza!

 

[OC troll]

Wonder how companies compare with certain racial make-up? Ones with higher Asian employees, within same industry, more successful? 

 

[eyephone]

Wonder how companies compare with certain racial make-up? Ones with higher Asian employees, within same industry, more successful?

Depends on the industry.

 

[iacrenter]

Surprisingly they didn't analyze the Asians.

I wasn't surprised, probably because asians are statistically insignificant. They make up only around 5% of the population in America. The article mentions reliable estimates are unavailable for asians. I think those two are related.

You are correct that Asians make up a smaller % of the population but their influence on American education IMHO has been significant. Having them missing from the analysis while understandable is disappointing.