Gov. Mike Beebe thinks it’s perfectly appropriate to consider whether racial impact of charter school decisions in the Little Rock School District might run afoul of the long-running federal desegregation lawsuit.
Beebe’s careful and common-sense approach to most issues, including some hotly divisive ones, is welcome. It is particularly welcome when a hired hand for the charter school lobby, former Education Department lawyer Scott Smith, says there’s no need to worry about resegregation because the school district has been declared desegregated.
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