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Please ignore the above post - the formatting got all weird.  This is what I meant to post:

It would indeed be a hard sell if you are telling families in high performing schools that their children will do worse if this happens.  It might be better to look for an approach that lifts all boats instead of hurting one group in order to help another. 
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Here is a quote from another Rumberger paper:
"recognize that schools alone  cannot be the sole area for the improvement of student performance.  Existing research provides substantial evidence that [u]most of the 
differences in students’ achievement[/u] are due to differences in their families and communities, not the schools they attend.  Therefore, to improve student outcomes and address the achievement gap will require addressing the pervasive inequalities found in family and community resources"  (underlined added by me)

Here is an article you might find interesting titled "Schools alone cannot close Achievement gap":
http://issues.org/29-3/beatty/

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