What if there was a large, well-defined group of schools that consistently did a particularly good job of shrinking the black/white achievement gap? What if they cut the gap in every subject between the 4th and 12th grades -- cutting the reading gap in half? Would putative champions of African American advancement like the NAACP and the Democratic party immediately try to figure out how to give everyone access to these schools?
No.
Why?
'Cause the schools in question aren't government-run.
My current commentary piece over at Mackinac compares the black/white achievement gap across subjects and grades between the public and private sectors.
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