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Re:The Melting of Mark Zuckerberg’s $100MM Donation to Newar... by bluthru on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @10:27PM (#10127196)
We have data that shows that desegregation is very effective. However, people seem to stop there and not question why it's so effective. It's not nice to think about, but isn't desegregation just "diluting the problem until it no longer creates a poisonous learning environment"?

I agree that I don't get the impression that some communities aren't doing all that they can to improve education irrespective of funding.

Re:The Melting of Mark Zuckerberg’s $100MM Donation to Newar... by pbreit on Thursday August 27, 2015 @01:33AM (#10127706)
I've seen one example of integration (San Francisco) and it was a complete disaster. The TAL episode suggests the exact same thing happened in Boston. I don't see how it would not happen. Some people may benefit but the system takes a nose dive.