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August 31, 2002 Was "forced bussing" a noble but failed experiment? Mann argues that white flight from urban centers was mostly an effect of discrimination in the housing market, not "forced bussing;" and that large-scale integration of black students into white schools generally accompanied a narrowing of the test score gap between blacks & whites.
September 13, 2002 Larger class sizes and less experienced teachers produce inferior results at high poverty schools. The state's voluntary desegregation rule does not require equal outcomes, but does require more or less equal inputs.
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September 15, 2002
September 15, 2002
September 16,2002 Students have an "Equal Opportunity" to compete for college preparatory classes, but the district's white middle class minority has privileged access to the better schools and to college-bound curriculum tracks in grades K-8. Why make kids compete for a good education? Why not make college preparatory classes accessible to everyone?
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