"But letting white kids flee schools with minorities is complete bullsh-t."
Thus the suggestion to start with really poor and dysfunctional school districts, where that specter will not obtain. And there is nothing wrong with a cocktail of approaches, including magnet schools, and creating a professional track for teachers, so those who are good at what they do, are very well paid, thus attracting more talented persons into the profession. We can experiment with various approaches. But let's get the ball rolling moving in the right direction. Let's do it now.
Needs checks and balances. Milwaukee used to have a really good choice school program, it's a huge mixed bag right now, lots of very bad schools (a few excellent ones) because there is no oversight and they can do whatever they want while being in it for profit and not for the education.
