[lbo-talk] Joanne Barkin: Poverty and US International School Rankings

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon Jan 31 12:33:58 PST 2011


On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Alpine has K-8, and it looks like those little kids are pampered.

Oh yeah. Alpine must be one of the top 10 richest towns in the country. It's full of mansions, like Eddie Murphy's. The reason they don't have a high school because that will keep out the riff-raff who can't afford private school. Although Alpiners that want their kids to have a common touch send them to Tenafly.

Englewood Cliffs has a similar set-up, and a similar origin: a rich part of town that seceded from Englewood.

Michael



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