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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is such a no-brainer to me that if [b]DME got rid of OOB rights entirely[/b] and aligned elementary boundaries with neighborhoods, that a good chunk of the city's schools would be in good shape.  Those that are not are the ones where resources could be invested in smart ways - like saturday hours, free, enhanced after-school programs, extended morning hours, etc.

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This would cause a firestorm.  During Rhee's tenure I recall her quote a statistic that about 1/3 of the city's public school children were in charters (obviously that has risen to 44%) 1/3 were OOB at schools not in their neighborhood, and only 1/3 were in their IB school.  Point being if only 1/3 of families like their IB school, the consequences of removing OOB would be enormous and severe.[/quote]\

[b]Right, but if you "force" every child to [/b]go to their neighborhood school, many of those schools will get better instantly, as in the very first year.  Then resources could be used to really address the failing schools, not the schools that are failing because of low enrollment.  [/quote]

If we learned nothing else from Desegregation Busing, it's that it does not work in reverse.  You can bring one group of students into better schools, but you cannot force students to leave good schools for bad ones.  They will move or choose private or find other options, but you simply cannot force them into a school they perceive to be bad.[/quote]

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