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[quote=Anonymous][quote]...this idea doesn't make sense if it's been shown not to result in a better school system. By all reports, the idea has "not worked" in San Francisco (that is, the schools are not any better, in fact, they are worse), so the premise that it should be done here seems inherently flawed, imo. You could just as easily say that those in favor of such an idea are so full of resentment against the status quo that they cannot see the logical flaw in the proposal: because if you do it, things get WORSE, not better. As the author original author stated: going to a charter is an option that exists now -- and, imo, the presence of ever-better charters under our current system certainly isn't making it any worse.[/quote]

The lottery in San Francisco has only been going on for a few years.  The neighborhood model has been going on for 100+ years.  Wait five years and see what's going on in the school system.  Any urban school system is going to be difficult to navigate and difficult to figure out how to meet the needs of such a diverse group of people.  I have heard that some of the elementary schools in San Francisco are excellent, but you have to be extremely diligent.  There certainly are aspects of this model that work for some people, and not all parents are disgruntled.  This doesn't sound substantially different from people who live in Chicago, New York, or DC to me, just they have completely taken out the notion of boundaries rather than paying lip service to them.  It seems to me that if you want to be freed from the tyranny of choice and bureaucracy when it comes to schools, move to the 'burbs.[/quote]

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