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mopinko

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9. eth has a real problem, from what i know.

Reply to Chitown Kev (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 5, 2019, 12:15 AM

Jul 2019

they are sort of the poster child for- just because they all go to the same building doesnt mean they get the same education.

for the increased property taxes you could send kids to a lot of private schools. never made sense to me.

i actually knew someone who used a grandparent's address to go to a city school cuz he had a special needs kid.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Harris vs. Biden equals two flops [View all] Galraedia Jul 2019 OP

Great post.. thx!! Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #1

California created "magnet schools" in the late 70s. They still exist. specialty schools (Science, Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #2

California wasn't the only place Chitown Kev Jul 2019 #4

chicago did too. the system is pretty open now. we still bus kids but mopinko Jul 2019 #7

I know people that do that...I live in Evanston Chitown Kev Jul 2019 #8

eth has a real problem, from what i know. mopinko Jul 2019 #9

That's true, too... Chitown Kev Jul 2019 #10

i think all in all, it contributed to the solution, but also delayed it. mopinko Jul 2019 #11

What worked was that localities were allowed to drag their feet. Biden played a part. eom Hoyt Jul 2019 #3

The busing in Berkeley worked. They have adjusted their plan over the decades, pnwmom Jul 2019 #5

Busing led to things like school choice, school vouchers, home schooling, charter schools... sop Jul 2019 #6

Busing may have seemed the right thing to do back then, but equal opportunity goes much further. YOHABLO Jul 2019 #12