The Boston Globe, June 22nd, 1991
Something is not quite right when there appears to be growing support for two school plans that don't work, amid growing criticism of a plan that does work. The issue involves the push for "school choice," the argument for a return to "neighborhood schools," with the supporters of both plans attacking "controlled choice." These critics of controlled choice, which has been implemented in Boston and several other cities in Massachusetts and across the nation, basically argue that this plan promotes a form of racial quotas or racial preference for African-American and Hispanic students. Supporter...
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