> Schools in many cities are highly racially and economically segregated in the US because of the country’s broader history of redlining and corresponding depri

> Schools in many cities are highly racially and economically segregated in the US because of the country’s broader history of redlining and corresponding deprivation But also because of the public school system that ties zip codes to affluence and introduces artificial geographical barriers to integration. Something teachers unions have a vested interest in, at least indirectly. > ...most people tend to live in the regions they’re actually from... One can switch schools and districts without switching regions. But it should be much easier than that, even. > Applying some sort of rational actor economic heuristic to civil servants in a service profession seems a foolhardy endeavor. I'm just saying it's counterintuitive that teachers unions in particular are for teachers without being especially for empowering individual teachers to have leverage with respect to their employment agreements and conditions.