Comments on: Learning from the 'Harlem Miracle' http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/05/learning-from-the-harlem-miracle/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: allen http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/05/learning-from-the-harlem-miracle/#comment-46723 allen Sat, 16 May 2009 11:27:55 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=9017#comment-46723 I wonder if Ms. Ravitch has heard of the Kansas City desegregation case wherein a federal judge effectively seized control of the district and showed what could be done with unlimited funding? If funding were the central, or even a particularly important issue, then Washington D.C. district schools would be pretty darned good. They're not. I wonder if Ms. Ravitch has heard of the Kansas City desegregation case wherein a federal judge effectively seized control of the district and showed what could be done with unlimited funding?

If funding were the central, or even a particularly important issue, then Washington D.C. district schools would be pretty darned good. They’re not.

]]> By: pm http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/05/learning-from-the-harlem-miracle/#comment-46722 pm Thu, 14 May 2009 14:05:46 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=9017#comment-46722 Maybe the real lesson is that people are willing to spend more money on public education when it involves choice. Maybe the real lesson is that people are willing to spend more money on public education when it involves choice.

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