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Gentrification will solve the crime problem eventually. But the bigger problem is schooling. I'd recommend the city going the school voucher route.
by rhino369 12y ago
Gentrification will solve the crime problem eventually. But the bigger problem is schooling.
I'd recommend the city going the school voucher route.
- bmelton 12y agoConsidering how hard it is to establish charter schools in Maryland (at least, pending the outcome of a bill), that could be tricky.
- mrgordon 12y agoit would be a travesty to yank the remaining funds from the public schools in order to subsidize private schools that are less accountable, typically religious, and usually much more expensive than the value of the vouchers. It would likely increase inequality and delay reform of the public schools. https://www.au.org/church-state/february-2011-church-state/featured/10-reasons-why-private-school-vouchers-should-be https://www.au.org/church-state/february-2011-church-state/f...
- rayiner 12y agoIf there's one thing that brings out the classism in people, it's kids. Even hyperliberal San Francisco had to give up on randomized school assignment. Wealthier parents just won't send their kids to the public schools in places like Baltimore. If you don't make it an option to have vouchers or "enclave" schools in wealthy neighborhoods, they'll just leave for the suburbs. And your tax base will go with them, and then you'll be Detroit.