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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was in an elementary down south where they bused in kids from the projects to integrate.  There were days when it was like a scene out of Lord of the Flies. No way would I put any child of mine through that.  I seriously doubt it would do much of anything to reduce any gap, and would be very expensive.  The schools in the good districts are good because of the kids that go there.  I read one study where the performance of poor children improved when they went to a school in a more affluent neighborhood, but only if the percentages were <20%.[b]  Since 40% of MoCo qualifies for FARMs, it's hard to see it being effective.  In addition, it's been shown that bringing in poorer children also has a detrimental effect on the acheivement of higher performing children.  [/b]Not sure how to fix the problem, but bussing sure isn't it.[/quote]

That's not really an accurate summary. The data showed that poor children improved even when the percentages were >20%. Just not as much. Here's the study:

http://tcf.org/work/education/detail/housing-policy-is-school-policy/

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And I bolded the part that doesn't seem to be a finding of the study. [/quote]

Different study.  The one linked didn't examine impacts to the other kids in the school.  I'll try to find the other study I was referring to.[/quote]

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