[ajmurmann]

"good school districts"

This point seems to be mostly American and a result of how schools get financed in the US and not inherent to cities. Schools being financed by very small areas they are located in is exacerbating the divide between poor and wealthy neighborhoods for no real reason. In contrast, when I grew up in Germany, kids had to commute from the suburbs and villages to the city to attend a really good school.

[frumper]

Parent engagement has a huge impact on how good a school district is. It isn't the funding. Poorly performing schools often get more funding.