Reply #21: Another reverse Robin Hood scheme

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The schools with the best test scores tend to come from the most affluent neighborhoods, where parents can afford tutors, private lessons in the arts that help a child's intellect in general, where the schools have more resources overall, where kids at least have access to decent nutrition, even if they don't take full advantage of it.

Schools with the lowest test scores naturally come from more poverty stricken areas, where the parents and schools don't have the financial resources to do much more than survive.

Based on the test scores, the government justifies rewarding the rich districts that need help the least, and penalizing the poor districts.


In Michigan, in 2005, 45% of economically disadvantaged children met the state standards. 70% of non-economically disadvantaged children met the state standards. Using Bush logic, less money is given to the disadvantaged students. Or looking at it another way, less money is given to black students, more to white students (42% vs. 72% meeting state standards, respectively).