For more than two decades, he devoted much of his heart, time, intellect and charitable resources to finding a way to put children first so that genuine equality of education opportunity could be secured for all Americans. (educationnext.org)
By equating integration with equality of education, the Brown decision left all - black schools tainted with suspicions of inferiority while giving all - white schools an undeserved presumption of excellence. (educationnext.org)
So rather than abandon a modestly successful program in our attempt to promote equality of education, the best policy would be to let a few states have more control of Head Start funds, carefully study their subsequent reforms, and then determine future policy based on solid evidence. (educationnext.org)