Tennessee schools dispute pits 'haves' against 'have-nots'

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Memphis, Tennessee--School districts around the nation are being buffeted by turmoil and uncertainty, but nowhere are those forces more powerful than in this Mississippi River city.

At the heart of it, the turbulence is about dollars and cents and the quality of education. Fearing possible threats to its funding, the failing inner-city Memphis City Schools, with 209 schools and 108,000 students, decided to force a merger with its smaller, more affluent neighbor — Shelby County Schools.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43970084...ews-education/



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This is intense stuff that speaks to the heart of districting and zoning. This debate began yeeeears before I was a public school student in the early 1980s - middle 1990s.

What say you, GCers?