Best High Schools: Top Achievement High Schools

To Disappointed of AR

I really don't understand why you would comment on an "Asian invasion" and "illegal Hispanic population" until you are aware of the school's socioeconomic demographics. At the school where I teach, the API scores of our Asian population continue to rise along with the scores of the Latino population, while the scores of white students stay pretty level. I can say that socioeconomic status, not ethnicity, is the biggest predictor of success or failure in terms of the research I have seen on the API scores at my school. Ethnicity doesn't have as much to do with it and your comment smacks of racism. This article was meant to acknowledge schools that deal well with a socioeconomic disadvantage. Comments about an "Asian invasion" and illegal immigrants have no place here.

Minorities

To say that minorities bring the scores down is a real joke! What are you talking about? Havent you gone to most of the big Universities, hospitals, schools and seen who really are the people at the top? Who are the best Doctors, nurses, teachers, e.t.c?

Also, look up at the global academic performance and tell me who is at the top. We really do need the minorities in order to raise our scores here in America! Japan, Asia, China, Africa are all at the top with Education!

Immigrants and Schools

The real reason they "bring down the scores" is not that they are truly stupid. It is their lack of a good command of the English language. English is a tool which is used in ALL other subjects. Without this tool, you are handicapped, even if you have a good natural intellect. Generally, minorities like to speak their native language and that is understandable. Kids at hat age follow their peers, even if it means jumping off a cliff. My advice - diligence in learning FORMAL ENGLISH !