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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In DCPS we have a 'missing middle' sweet spot to teach to. We could either teach to the children of the multiply degreed and fail out 2/3 of students or teach to the [b]children of the unsuccessful and uneducated [/b](which is very rarely their fault, but its consequences for the young are undeniable based on countless studies) and by teaching to allow the least educable to get through the school system, we have low standards and try to figure out what to do with everybody who can learn Algebra and analyze Toni Morrison by 9th grade. I'm amazingly sympathetic with teaching to the least educated, but it leaves us unsure what to do with our kids.[/quote]

No disagreement with anything you’ve written. DC gives the successful and educated the options of living in neighborhoods of other successful and educated residents for higher concentrations of their children in the neighborhood school or choosing charter, magnet/application or private.

Living in DC is possible as long as there are these choices. Are there other cities with better choices or outcomes to emulate? Cities with great neighborhood schools for all families?  [/quote]

I think these areas where white flight was less thorough and the government has been pushed to undo segregation. The places I’ve heard of are places where they have combined city county government and schools, one being the county where Louisville KY is located.

I think the truest solution to the segregation we see will never be implemented-true metro area school system amalgamation. Chalk it up there guns and nobody using transit. “Me over you, especially if you includes The Other.”[/quote]

This is true everywhere, though. The rich can choose to live where they want and they can move whenever too. So what makes this special about the district?[/quote]

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