When I started reading I thought like Marydean that there was too much of a leap to the conclusion, but the numbers do seem somewhat significant.

However, I agree it's not to conclude that racism is a major factor, those families (possibly) live happily enough in neighbourhoods shared with different cultures. So I do think it's more a reflection on the reputations of the local schools.

However, if schools with high immigrant populations are under achieving, that is a reflection on there being problems in society and problems in a public education system that doesn't adequately support immigrant populations.

I would fall into this study as racist because I live in a culturally diverse neighbourhood and I intend to send my kids to private school, but I actually have no idea how good the local schools are, I don't believe in mainstream education and want to send my kids to a private alternative school. So it's my philosophy on education that influences me, not my attitude towards people of different cultural backgrounds. Would factors like philosophy be considered in this study?

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