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To: Lane3 who wrote (3370)	3/18/2002 2:19:03 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I would like to gnaw on that Karen, but... right now I am busy gnawing on an insult I received two weeks ago. Plus I am up to my ears in several toorabout contracts that I am negotiating. :-( All seriousness aside ... that sounds like a damn good plan to me, which I can't understand seeing as how it's from San Francisco. Notwithstanding, I think we all intuitively know that class and socioeconomic factors count for more in achievement than race does. I like the fact, too, that a certain fair measure of school choice is still preserved. I guess implementation will tell the final tale. JC

To: Lane3 who wrote (3370)	3/18/2002 2:26:13 PM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 21057

Sounds sensible to me. I'd suspect the main problem would be that - as in the UK - parents who can afford it opt out of the state system, pay more to send their children to a private school (with therefore better resources and a very pre-selected background). Hence those students most likely to succeed, and parents most likely to push them (and resource the schools) have little or no interest in public schooling, and if anything an incentive to vote for lower taxes and public cuts... which is especially awkward if you also (as I do) believe that parents have the obvious desire to have the best for their children, and some right at least influence and select that...