School Diversity Evolves Backwards

School Diversity Evolves Backwards

Its not hard to understand. As minority populations expand, whites move to other locales. Pretty soon the schools resemble whatever tribe lives in the area and no amount of government social engineering can change that fact, but they will continue to shove the round peg in the square hole.

In 1954, a unanimous Supreme Court declared that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal. The Court based its decision on studies showing that “segregated schools damaged the psyches of black children and their motivation to learn.” 

“Where I come from, diversity just means you have to lock your bicycle up.”— Fred Reed 

It was not the Supreme Court or a conceited social commentator who revealed how diversity influences achievement. It was multiple regression and standardized tests. The National Education Association used neither when it listed four ways that a diverse student body contributes to education. According to America’s largest teacher’s union,

Diversity:

  • promotes racial tolerance,
  • contributes to the robust exchange of ideas essential to a quality system of education,
  • breaks down barriers among individuals of different races, and
  • improves academic performance.

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