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Originally posted by cleopatrajones
This is a very interesting topic. My dad teaches in one of the public school districts of our area and I went to private school my whole life. A private day school from pre-4th grade and catholic school from 5th-12th grade. At the end of 8th grade my parents did want to pull me out of Catholic school and send me to public school (it would not be the same district as my dad's school). When it came time for me to test the administration played games and said I would not be able to take honors classes b/c I didn't start on that track in like 7th grade and they didn't want to let me into the honors program. So I stayed in Catholic school and I was able to take all honors classes my whole way through with no trouble. I would never send my children to public school because I HATE the tracking. I can only speak for my own area but that has shaped my opinion. In my area at my district(and the others) you start your track in like the 7th grade and stay there as long as you can maintain a specific grade level. And they make cuts every year. It's also extremely hard to get into these high tracks. It's like they track people's lives b/c you know the high level students are going to the best colleges and the so on down. That just rubs me the wrong way. (I know private schools have tracking as well, mine did, and I didn't like it there either) I also don't like the tracking b/c some how it always turns out that Black people are on the lower tracks...imagine that.
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Its sad but most schools track kids according to their SES or race.
White kids are usually in the highest tracks and black kids in the lowest. I do not know if I would send my kids to private schools- I do not have any but I would however send my kids to a great public school. Not all public schools are great but quite a few are. I guess it depends on where you are at.