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Segregation of schools happens because of neighborhood schools and geography. 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.

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.

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.

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."
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