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Igel

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4. There's a ring of districts around Houston thathave a lot of self-segregation.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 08:02 PM

Dec 2012

The districts are mixed. But most schools tend to be mostly white or mostly non-white.

In a district, school base funding's fairly equal between schools at a given level.

Achievement gap remains nearly the same.

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The New Rise of Segregated Schools [View all] n2doc Dec 2012 OP

My own, and decidedly biased, position on the goals of desegregation ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #1

You might have a point. sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #5

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #6

If you were sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #8

While I think you've made some good points, LWolf Dec 2012 #9

THEIR WILL AWAYS BE A BIAS ROBROX Dec 2012 #2

Funding schools the way we do, from local taxes, also brings a lot of inequities. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #3

There's a ring of districts around Houston thathave a lot of self-segregation. Igel Dec 2012 #4

A little known fact about the Brown v Board litigation ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #7