From that Ed Next poll, this caught my eye:
Race- and Income-based School Integration
Education Next/PEPG survey results show that 63 percent of the public are opposed to assigning students to schools based on racial background in order to promote school diversity, a practice banned by the Supreme Court in 2007.
- Only 16 percent say that districts "definitely" or "probably" should be allowed to take students' racial background into account; 21 percent of the public are unsure.
- Among African Americans, only 30 percent think districts should be allowed to take race into account.
- Surprisingly, on the question of assigning students to schools based on family income--a strategy now being considered by many districts as an alternative to race-based policies--the opposition is even greater. Only 13 percent support the idea; 62 percent are opposed and the remainder uncertain.