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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So again, "good schools" is code word for fewer poor/minorities than wherever the bad schools are.[/quote]
NP.  I don't think so.  Parents want good schools.  If a local school was safe and well-run with high test scores, 90% of high-income white parents in the DC-MD-VA area would be happy to send their kids there.  And if that same school was in the top 1-2 in test scores in the local area, then 99% would be happy to send their kids.  The problem is that there's an unfortunate and intractable correlation between poor minority students and struggling schools.  Instead of bashing parents for trying to find the best school for their children, we all should focus on breaking that correlation.[/quote]

Agree.  And the dilemma is that no matter how well intentioned, involved, supportive parents are, breaking that correlation is something that will likely take decades, a generation or two - whereas a parent's horizon for getting their own kids in and out of the schools is much shorter than that.[/quote]

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