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Maybe.  But my point in asking for a solution is that even if we are in agreement that poor/underachieving students don't do well in schools with high numbers of other poor/underachieving students, what specifically should or can be done?  I am hearing lots of general statements about how it's helpful to those students to be surrounded by high-achieving peers, and that's likely true, but that doesn't mean it's easily accomplished, especially on the scale that people here seem to want it done (i.e. every poor child should be able to have the opportunities that wealthy children have).  Busing has been proposed, but I don't see how that necessarily helps, for many of the reasons already given.  [b]Shouldn't we focus on ways to improve the schools where they are, with the students they have, rather than trying to figure out how to get all kids into the high-performing schools through busing or redistricting, or some other method of integration?[/b]  It seems there's a lot of anger directed at those apparently selfish people who live in relatively wealthier areas without much practical purpose.[/quote]

We've been trying that. It's not enough. One reason it's not enough is that the schools' main problem are that a high proportion of their students are poor. The way to fix this problem is to lower the school's proportion of students who are poor.

And, really, I'm not seeing a lot of anger directed at people who live in Bethesda, Potomac, and Chevy Chase. I am seeing a lot of defensiveness from people who live in Bethesda, Potomac, and Chevy Chase, though.[/quote]

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