Schools Diversity Based on Income Segregates Some

In light of the Supreme Court's recent decision, cities (and others) are moving to programs in which diversity of income is used as a proxy for race -- in some cities, this works, but in others, like San Francisco, in which there are lots of low-income Asians, it's not working:

When San Francisco started trying to promote socioeconomic  diversity in its public schools, officials hoped racial diversity would result  as well.


It has not worked out that way.
 

Abraham Lincoln High School, for example, with its stellar reputation and  Advanced Placement courses, has drawn a mix of rich and poor students. More  than 50 percent of those students are of Chinese descent.
 

“If you look at diversity based on race, the school hasn’t been as  integrated,” Lincoln’s principal, Ronald J. K. Pang, said. “If you don’t look  at race, the school has become much more diverse.”  

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Schools Diversity Based on Income Segregates Some

 
By JONATHAN D. GLATER <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/jonathan_d_glater/index.html?inline=nyt-per>  and ALAN FINDER <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/alan_finder/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
Published: July 15, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO — When San Francisco started trying to promote socioeconomic diversity in its public schools, officials hoped racial diversity would result as well.
It has not worked out that way.