percent, Beaver Falls, and from mid-seventh through graduation he went to a school which was around 3 percent minorities, Quaker Valley. Both of these schools are in the Pittsburgh area and are within 45 minutes drive of one another. The Beaver Falls School District was in a very poor neighborhood, and at this time David was being raised in low income housing (a.k.a. ‘the projects'). He says that the teachers at Beaver Falls seemed to be frustrated with the students quite often and this affected their performance as teachers. Beaver Falls is not considered a good school system if you are shopping for a house. Quaker Valley, on the other hand, is in a middle class to upper middle class area and is considered a very good school district. It actually was a Blue Ribbon School for the 1992-93 school year David graduated in. This means that it was considered to be one of the top 500 schools in America. David lived in a middle class neighborhood at this time, and he said that the teachers of Quaker Valley were highly motivated and exceptional leaders in the classroom. Assuming that the curriculum was the same for both schools, what was the difference in the aptitude of the two school districts?How can some people assume that the higher level of minorities in the school district reflects a lower level if intelligence in the school? I think that Beaver Falls, and Quaker Valley, should be placing an emphasis on differing schooling styles. If you establish multiple styles of education then you can get an actual evaluation of the student's performance. Not only will some students excel in different areas, but students who are good at one style may not be as prominent in a diverse method. Students who are truly gifted will be able to excel at any system which is a tribute to the minorities who do well in a Caucasian system. In a more diverse system these students could be exposed as incredibly intelligent people where they are ju...
