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[quote=Anonymous]Gentrifiers can't integrate schools on their own, regular claims to the contrary on DCUM not withstanding. They need to build on policy changes promoting integration, particularly pragmatic test-in/magnet middle and high school programs. The development arc of Blair Montgomery HS in Silver Spring neatly illustrates the case for test-in programs. Blair's study body was almost entirely low-income and minority in the 1970s. But in the 80s, MoCo established two local test-in MS programs (at Takoma Park MS for math/science, and Eastern MS in Silver Spring for humanities) and two test-in magnets at Blair with county-wide draws. TV journalist Connie Chung attended the magnets early on. Before long, whites and Asians poured into Blair and stayed. The school has been around one-third white and Asian for the last 25 years. I don't see the "Hill middle school problem" getting sorted out in under 15 years. [/quote]
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