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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stanford professor: “the only way to close the [achievement] gap is to racially integrate schools.”

In the days of segregation, black students in the segregated Dunbar High School in DC outperformed white students in white schools.

Today, in some NYC charter schools with mostly poor black and Latino kids, those kids outperform white kids in the suburbs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/books/review/how-the-other-half-learns-robert-pondiscio.html

According to the NYT: "Decades of research have shown that engaged parents and a stable family are far more important than schools and teachers to a child’s academic achievement."

Thomas Sowell just published a book on charter schools and black-and-white achievement gap:
https://www.amazon.com/Charter-Schools-Enemies-Thomas-Sowell/dp/1541675134

Must black and brown kids be with whites and Asians to succeed? Of course not.[/quote]

Interestingly, charter schools operate like private schools. Instead of lowering bar, they raise it.

Why can’t mcps do the same?

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