The Civil Rights Project released a study today going after charters for being racially segregated. In some of America's most distressed neighborhoods, thanks to charters, low-income African-American and Latino families finally have high-quality education options, and this report suggests we ought to be deeply concerned.
Nelson Smith does a thorough and convincing job explaining why this report is so off-base. You ought to read it.
And DFER's Joe Williams, who always seems to have a refreshingly colloquial take on serious matters, second's Smith's take with pith and punch:
The UCLA Civil Rights Project seemingly wants to block minority parents from choosing to enroll their children in better schools simply because it feels those schools aren't white enough. What's up with that?
--Andy Smarick