How America abandoned the only policy that consistently closes the black-white educational gap

[daneel]

@SamSam

It’s one of the great liberal failures, I think, that our big cities — otherwise lauded as liberal paradises (progressive, walkable, efficient) — are among the most segregated areas of the country

Interesting case in point I heard of recently, Samantha Bee and Jason Jones seem to be fighting some desegregation efforts at the Manhattan school their kids go to (that’s probably a gross simplification and unfair on them…)

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