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"Redistributing kids" won't solve the problem.  Kids self-segregate - even in some very diverse schools.  In the "W schools," they'll self-segregate by money.  Do you honestly think some kid living in low-income housing will be welcomed by the kid in the mansion?  doubtful

And sprinkling in a few kids coming from disadvantaged homes will make them stand out, as most will be black and Hispanic.  Is that fair?

If I had the answer, I'd be a millionaire. But I know that this solution will not work either.  [/quote]

This solution actually does work.

I don't know if a kid in a mansion will welcome a kid living in low-income housing, and I don't know if it's fair to make disadvantaged kids to stand out.

What I do know is that the educational outcomes for poor kids are a lot better in low-poverty schools than in high-poverty schools.[/quote]

[b]which fails to take into account grade inflation - as the pressure is on to pass minority students[/b]

Talk to any of the Hispanic and black males who come out of a W school and enter alternative settings.  Ask them how comfortable they felt in a W school.  It's not just about grades, which mean nothing in this day and age.  It's about well-being.

Finally, let's see how accepting the neighborhoods in Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Potomac will be if the county decides to change boundaries.  You will have a fight on your hands as property values immediately plummet - especially if low-incoming housing is thrown into the mix.

So even IF the kids are welcoming, their parents won't be.[/quote]

Outcomes = standardized test scores, actually. But I'm impressed by your assumption that if minority students get good grades, it must be the result of grade inflation. I'm also impressed by your concern for the well-being and happiness of poor students who go to schools where lots of people are rich. I wonder if there are many poor parents who turn down an opportunity to go to a public school with a great academic reputation, on grounds that their child would feel uncomfortable there.

And yes, the affluent residents of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac tend to scream in outrage at the slightest prospect of any effort that might possibly have the minor effect of making their neighborhoods marginally less homogeneously affluent. Everybody knows this. That doesn't make it right, though. [/quote]

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