[silisili]

This is the case in the US, too. They do exactly this, and instead of bringing anyone up, it brings everyone down. Most exasperated by the fact that teachers and schools have zero recourse in those situations.

My public school tenure was an absolute nightmare. For my kid's sake, I'll never live in another place that does 'socioeconomic bussing.'

[grammers]

In theory, integration sounds nice. In reality, schools don't get enough funding/resources/teachers to make this work. Integration has failed/is just a money saver for politicians. It's time we said this out loud instead of pretending otherwise.