Good essay. A few comments. Most of the difference between Visitacion Valley Middle and AP Giannini Middle can be explained by family income and parental education. Ethnicity takes a back seat to economic factors.
"The study showed that districts with low levels of tracking tend to have high levels of private school enrollment" Private school enrollment is almost entirely driven by (White) parental desires to segregate their children. San Francisco had a low private school enrollment before Brown vs. Board of Education, but private school enrollment skyrocketed when San Francisco began busing its schools to enforce desegregation. There was a "White flight" to segregated public suburban schools around the same time, generally declining population and a falling public school enrollment, echos of what we are seeing today to a lesser extent with the Asian population.
The Black student population did better in San Francisco in the 70s and 80s compared to the overall student population but most of the Black middle class was displace by the growing Asian population, leaving most of the Black population remaining poor and living in subsidized housing, leading to the extremely poor student results we have now.
Thanks for the analysis. Hopefully with new members of the school board the focus can be more on education and less on equity.
Good essay. A few comments. Most of the difference between Visitacion Valley Middle and AP Giannini Middle can be explained by family income and parental education. Ethnicity takes a back seat to economic factors.
"The study showed that districts with low levels of tracking tend to have high levels of private school enrollment" Private school enrollment is almost entirely driven by (White) parental desires to segregate their children. San Francisco had a low private school enrollment before Brown vs. Board of Education, but private school enrollment skyrocketed when San Francisco began busing its schools to enforce desegregation. There was a "White flight" to segregated public suburban schools around the same time, generally declining population and a falling public school enrollment, echos of what we are seeing today to a lesser extent with the Asian population.
The Black student population did better in San Francisco in the 70s and 80s compared to the overall student population but most of the Black middle class was displace by the growing Asian population, leaving most of the Black population remaining poor and living in subsidized housing, leading to the extremely poor student results we have now.