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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am listening to this episode again. I don't think that school integration is the first step of integration in DC. I think that the trend of upper middle class white families buying homes in historically black neighborhoods is a good start, provided that those families a) stay in the neighborhood and b)[b] send their children to the local schools.[/b][/quote]

That hasn't happened in the past 15 years and seems very unlikely for the next 15.[/quote

I think it seems to be happening more frequently now than it did even a few years ago thanks to the fact that HRCS are more difficult to access than ever. Lots of DCPS now have IB waitlists. I think if DC stopped allowing new charter schools to open, we might see more integration. Charters have been great for the city's school system, however IMO the goal should ultimately be to phase them out.[/quote]

Of course most of the HRCs (not all) are more balanced racially and economically than most DCPS schools. While not magnets they do draw students city wide.

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