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“..a focus on racial balance seems to me to be not the way to solve the problem.” -Joel Klein

Andy Rotherham’s response to the Supreme Court’s decision to turn back the clock to separate but equal schools is what you might expect. He quotes NY school’s boss Joel Klein approvingly:

Also, Joel Klein makes the important pragmatic point in today’s NY Sun:

The city’s schools chancellor, Joel Klein, in an appearance yesterday on WNYC radio, said, “Almost three quarters of our students are African American and Latino. In an environment like that, a focus on racial balance seems to me to be not the way to solve the problem. A focus on high-quality education for every kid in every school I think is the way.”

Yes. In the history of America, segregation has always been pragmatic.