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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School performance very rarely reflects the quality of school, but more the income of the students. Parent income is the strongest predictor of student achievement, so you could change around the schools that go into Wilson all you want but it wouldn’t impact the actual issue of the achievement gap and equity. 
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Families that can't afford Wilson overwhelmingly don't use their neighborhood middle or high schools, frequently at great cost in terms of time. Even if all you were to do is get them the same experience and outcomes at their neighborhood schools as they're currently getting elsewhere that would be a huge improvement in terms of equity. And you'd save money you could allocate to other things because it's costlier per-student to run under enrolled schools. But of course there are also students who better schools would make a difference for as well -- we see this with the charters who are serving identical student populations and doing better with them. [/quote]

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