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[b]Segregation of schools happens because of neighborhood schools and geography. [/b] Rich and poor generally do not live together.  Charters on the other hand are not neighborhood focused, they draw students from all parts of the city which reduces a big part of the geographic segregation issue.[/quote]

Segregation of schools (by race or income) happens because of public policies designed to make it happen. It's not a natural phenomenon like the weather. [/quote]

You have that in large part backwards.  Take a look at a Census map of socioeconomic data for Washington DC and take note of the neighborhoods, and then take a look at school neighborhoods.  Policy isn't what's driving it, it's about where the wealthier people have chosen to live and what neighborhoods are gentrifying.[/quote]

Wealthier people do not choose where to live at random, and it also doesn't just naturally occur that there is little or no housing for non-wealthy people in wealthy neighborhoods. All of these things are the result of policies.[/quote]

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