Across the country today, American schools and educators are still trying to figure out the full implications of last week's big Supreme Court ruling on race and school assignments.
A half century after the court declared that "separate but equal" does not work in education, the Roberts court seemed to point straight back to separate but equal. Or maybe forward to some new effort at colorblind equality.
This is bedrock stuff. Critics are shouting "resegregation." Supporters say "So what?"
Listen to an On Point discussion on the surprising range of response to the court's big new message on race and schools.
Is the Court's decision a forward step on America’s long march to a color-blind society, a backslide to the days of segregation, or something else altogether?
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If you really believe separate is equal. They build your rich suburb school and let your city school be itself, then let the poor/black community pick which one they want.
it is the way you save the cake issue with kids, you let one cut the cake and the other gets to choose.
lm27
So yes, invest on better resources on education, because there is not enough investment on quality education. But also consider that race and class and diversity are real issues that should be taught (and what better way than experiential) and learned about as you grow up.
I know it is rhetoric and simple, but if you have a child does not have resources, or a child with bad teachers or you have a child with a dysfunctional home life --- you will have a child who has educational disadvantages.
I go back to cast the first stone. If you really think all schools are equal, then why do realtors focus on schools when you look at a neighborhood. If your parents can afford the good school neighborhood, does that mean you are entitled to the better education?