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That wouldn't solve what is essentially private schooling: small suburbs that maintain their own school boards and allow only local residents. Tuition for ent
by Naritai 10y ago
That wouldn't solve what is essentially private schooling: small suburbs that maintain their own school boards and allow only local residents. Tuition for entry is owning a house in that city. See, for example, Piedmont CA, which has its own school district. The residents of Piedmont banding together to create their own school district is just as effective at segregating their children as private school would be.
- bufordsharkley 10y agoIn California, at least, this is undercut by judicial decisions that limited how much local funding can affect local schools (Serrano v. Priest)[0]. And in general, this is only a problem insofar as exclusionary zoning is a problem. (Which is a problem, but which is solved through different means.) I'm in particular concerned about the viability of public schools in urban areas-- exclusionary zoning ceases to be a mechanism that the affluent use to keep their schools to their use, so other than opting-out (either by moving away from the city or using private schools), what other choices to they have? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrano_v._Priest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrano_v._Priest
- Naritai 10y agoSerrano doesn't affect your classmates, though - a student who is surrounded by affluent, driven children who are provided with every tutoring and learning opportunity will do better than if surrounded by students without those advantages. None of that is affected by direct funding.