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Integration is such a liberal white folks things.  Have you actually talked to any black folks almost none actually want it.  In fact most people are fine with the current DC education landscape.

The key for schools is always the principal.  There are several success stories with public and charters getting real results with at-risk kids.  Its time to take some of the assistant principals at these schools and give them their own schools.  That's the only change that needs to happen.  [/quote]

In fact, many of the black folks I have talked to about school options have specifically mentioned an integrated school as important to them.  And it certainly a focus of black writers/reporters like Nikole Hannah-Jones.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/magazine/the-resegregation-of-jefferson-county.html[/quote]

+1.  Black person here (raises hand).  I want integrated schools, and know plenty of other black people who agree with me.  Why revisit this point?  We know from history that predominantly black/brown schools don't get the same resources as white schools (Brown vs. Board, anyone?).  Plus, I think there is value in attending school with people from different backgrounds--I wish more on this thread felt that way.[/quote]

Problem is kids get a boost when they are exsposed to kids who have more then them, seen more or are more driven. When the kids are poorer, checked-out or simpley unmotivated, that amount of different backgrounds actually act as a drag on the other kids. You are looking at it from the “your kids get something” out of it, others view it as drains on valuable resources they are not accustomed to sharing. Bottom line is there aren’t enough haves to prop up all the have-nots. They will have to figure it out by them selves [/quote]

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