We could surround our children with true living communities in which old and young pass each other daily and are not violated into age/grade ghettos. ... While the population of Central Park East still reflects a cross section of New York City, with the majority coming from low-income, African-American and Latino families, nearly all of its students graduate, go on to college, and do well there. ... Central Park East and the 50 or so New York City schools modeled on it were not handed down from heaven. ...

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