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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The study simply re-states the obvious:  high-density, low-income schools consistently fail to educate the students.  The majority of DC public schools are just like this, with very little racial and economic diversity.  There are only a few exceptions, not counting the charters.

Schools integrated with diversity from higher-income students (regardless of race) perform better, and consequently have less of gap in performance between students of different races at those schools.

What DOESN'T help is to accuse parents of RACISM who don't want their kids to attend those obviously terrible learning environments.  In fact, the study reinforces why parents who can choose better consistently avoid those schools.

The belief that racism is "the reason" is counter-productive in the sense that it perpetuates the problem.  Structural racism may be a major "cause" for the problem that exists, but it is literally self-defeating to accuse the parents of high SES students of racism, when in the moment they're trying to do the best they can to educate their children.[/quote]

Racism discussions aside, I think the main implications of this sort of research apply to boundary discussions, which is the topic of the OP.  Since research seems to suggest that minority students are helped and white students are not harmed by integrated schools, I think DCPS will continue to prioritize integrated schools when the boundary discussion resurfaces in a few years.[/quote]

Boundary discussions go hand-in-hand with incentives provided by DCPS for higher SES to attend.  Hardy is a decent example:  DCPS was slow to "waste money" on incentives that very few used at first, but within about 2 years the in-boundary rates increased markedly.[/quote]

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