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> there are plenty of places (like my hometown) where parents send their kids further out to ensure that they attend a school that is majority their race rather
by rootusrootus 5y ago
> there are plenty of places (like my hometown) where parents send their kids further out to ensure that they attend a school that is majority their race rather than the local neighborhood school.
Ah, that is interesting. In my district (and state, AFAIK), school assignment is completely out of the hands of the parents, with some narrow exceptions.
I fully admit to having a narrow view on this, my state is not especially diverse, with more than 75% white and 2% black. So most of our school segregation, if it's fair to call it that, is completely socioeconomic even if the students are largely the same race.
- billytetrud 5y agoWe definitely need more choice in schools. Parents should be able to decide where there children go to school independently of where they live.
- whimsicalism 5y agoWhat do we do when choice conflicts? Say, if a black family wants to send their kid to local school in a predominately white neighborhood, and there is a limited capacity?
- billytetrud 5y agoLottery
- whimsicalism 5y agoMy guess is this approach would also be desegregating.
- billytetrud 5y agoGlad we agree : )
- grahamburger 5y agoIt seems like the solution most institutions land on for this kind of thing is just a first come first serve sign up list. Kids who attended the school the previous year, and kids who have siblings currently attending the school, get first priority for open slots. The rest of the slots are first come first serve. This is how my kid's school, a charter school, works.
- JMTQp8lwXL 5y agoSign-up lists self select for parents who are most motivated to get the best school, which has the risk of maintaining roughly positive correlation with the parent's socioeconomic status.