# Born to Win, Schooled to Lose Jethro Jones ## Assignment Directions ## Assignment The Greater Dayton School in Dayton, Ohio is taking a different approach to solving the SES crisis that exists for those who start out with a low socio-economic status. You can learn more about the Greater Dayton School in these two podcast episodes ([Intro](https://transformativeprincipal.org/s8/391), [checkin](https://transformativeprincipal.org/s12/582)). The gist of the Greater Dayton School is that they will track and support these students from pre-k to age 29. This school is only planning to provide education through 8th grade, but they are so committed to the challenge, they are ensuring they are set up to provide support throughout the children's 3rd decade. I understand why they chose not to include reading scores, even though I don't agree with the rationale. I would argue that reading is a better indicator of future success than math because reading opens the door to everything else. If we're going to assess anything and use that as a basis, it seems that reading is the better solution. >But for low- SES Blacks and Latinos, the chances of rising into the upper half of SES distribution are slimmer: 29 percent and 33 percent, respectively. Further, a low-SES White tenth grader has nearly a 1-in-5 chance of eventually attaining the highest quartile of SES 10 years later. By contrast, only 1 in 10 low-SES Black or Latino tenth graders rises to the highest SES quartile as a young adult I wonder about what other things can be done to make students successful in life beyond school. I just hate this idea that certain ethnicities are essentially doomed to fail if they start out low. I just struggle to believe that. I believe people can rise above their station.