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Is a lottery system really worse overall than just letting people buy their way into desired school district? That model obviously hasn't been working well eit
by ska 7y ago
Is a lottery system really worse overall than just letting people buy their way into desired school district? That model obviously hasn't been working well either.
- wil421 7y agoYou can have proper zoning and not have to make it buy in only. Before I moved to the suburbs the city I lived in created “Workforce” zoning to combat gentrification.[1] What’s really hard to stop are the doctors and lawyers who just send their kids to private schools and vote against everything. [1] https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/brookhaven-zoning-overhaul-includes-affordable-housing-incentives/DIEN2Y7TxS40UXACqaHMxL/ https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/brookhaven-zon...
- scarmig 7y agoDepends on your goals and metrics. I'd say yes, it is worse. An interesting read: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/san-francisco-school-segregation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/san-francisco-school-s...
- ska 7y agoThanks, that was a genuine question.