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As the neighborhoods fill up with college-educated two-parent households, the schools are going to get better.

This is the giant elephant in the room that no one really wants to talk about, but I agree. The problem is that it's a collective action problem - a bunch of people have to be willing to make a choice that is individually less-than-optimal in order for it to happen.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a bump in test scores/educational attainment as a result of demographic change, but for some reason I doubt the demographic shift will be of a sufficient magnitude to make the schools anything more than decent. We'll see.

by Corey on Jul 17, 2012 3:55 pm • link • report

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