Интересное чтиво: The New White Flight (англ.)

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29th-Nov-2005 01:09 pm

Synopsis: Instead of white students fleeing academically weak school districts dominated by disadvantaged blacks and hispanics, in California white students are fleeing overly strong school districts dominated by Asians.

The article: The New White Flight (the original WSJ's version is not available without a subscription, but here's its google cache)

One of the opinions about the article is here

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30th-Nov-2005 04:15 am (UTC)

arbat

Cool! Yep, send your kids to those "asians" schools. More math, less social studies. Their's our kind of people!!!

30th-Nov-2005 05:17 am (UTC)

kisalex

Yes, we are all for the rigorous soviet-math-school-type training. And academic pressure from both curriculum AND the peers is a sure way to get it.
Irvine's schools are on par with the ones described in the article (in the nation's top ###), and - guess what - mostly attended by chinese kids. The first week in kindergarten (!), Sonya brought an eye-popping stack of homework. It was impressive even for us, soviet-math-school parents. I just wish she'll have time for "social studies" too. Like music. Like dancing. Like reading good books.

So we are concerned. But we are not fleeing. :-)

30th-Nov-2005 04:14 pm (UTC)

Anonymous

Напоминает http://www.slate.com/id/2378/

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30th-Nov-2005 06:03 pm (UTC)

kisalex

Ага, ага.

17th-Jan-2006 08:32 pm (UTC) - bro

madeinmoscow

i am beginning to become an avid reader of your livejournal. thanks!

18th-Jan-2006 01:57 am (UTC) - Thanks, mon.

kisalex

Now I gotta become an avid writer of this journal.

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