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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't like the way this is going

What is the solution here????

Thats what really matters

Is it going to take mass replication of KIPP or the Harlem Project?
Would we better off gutting entire city AND rural areas and giving them to a bunch of urban planners/private backers?
DC is basically halfway there.... Should we just dismantle the rest of the DC public school system.  We spend a ridiculous amount of money for the return on investment

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The TAL episodes posit that integration has a lot of positive research supporting it as a key tool in closing the achievement gap.   But the political dynamics in this country don't allow discussion of integrating schools by government fiat- people hear about integration plans, think about busing, and don't allow it.  So one proposed solution was the magnet school model put in place in Hartford.    In some ways its a similar variation on the language immersion charters and other "HRCS"- create a program that will appeal to middle and upper income people, but with open enrollment and lotteries you will get a good cross section of the city.  A similar program was put in place in Kansas City and ended up failing badly.

There are no magic bullets in a country which is so segregated, by race, by income, by educational background, you name it.  You do have to wonder if our system of generally small local school districts, supported primarily by property taxes (so the richer areas get more, generally), wasn't set up on purpose.

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