Posted on 07/12/2007 3:58:13 AM PDT by Puzzleman
The many liberals, Democratic presidential candidates, and African-American leaders assailing last week's Supreme Court decision disallowing the use of race alone to assign students to public schools are missing both the point and a very important public policy implication of the decision.
All but the most muddle-headed who consider public schooling issues should realize that diversity, while possibly a worthy goal, must rate a distant second to the goal of actually providing a good education to America's youth...
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
It’s about time.
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