tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435737397182866658.post3496572583733871194..comments2023-09-22T13:36:57.581-04:00Comments on Aphaeresis: Beach Blanket BingoAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02634478006842192074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435737397182866658.post-56831897900466579912009-03-22T19:36:00.000-04:002009-03-22T19:36:00.000-04:00I guess I've become, in my old age dispiritingly r...I guess I've become, in my old age dispiritingly results-oriented. There's data that voluntary integration programs (many of which are now being dismantled as unlawful) have a positive impact on the school/life outcomes of all kids. Given that, I'm not sure I care how we get there. I recognize this is vaguely unamerican.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634478006842192074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435737397182866658.post-60787538407259959962009-03-19T21:34:00.000-04:002009-03-19T21:34:00.000-04:00Way to bring up a significant portion of my civil ...Way to bring up a significant portion of my civil rights course.<BR/><BR/>The prevailing view down at the Court these days is that de facto school segregation is a-ok. Only de jure segregation (caused by government action) is a problem. Also, you cannot bus kids between school districts to achieve racial balance.<BR/><BR/>Modern public education is certainly a far cry from some of the language of Brown v. Board, "if our children cannot learn together, how can our people ever live together," or something like that. Yet there are also no overt dual-system schools anymore.<BR/><BR/>My take is that there are limits on the ability of the courts to re-engineer society. Segregation sanctioned and enforced by the government clearly violates equal protection; segregation as a result of millions of individual decisions of citizens is much less clear an issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com