Columnist John Brummett had a piece in the paper on Sunday about the State Board of Education’s rejection of 6 new charter applications last week.  I’m pretty sure he agrees with me and my colleagues a little more than he cared to admit in his column, but overall it was a good piece.  I think the most significant thing he did was to point out that Chris Heller and the Little Rock School District have put themselves on the wrong side of this civil rights issue.  And make no mistake, providing poor, disadvantaged, or underserved children with good educational choices is absolutely a civil rights issue.  Here is how Mr. Brummett put it:

I’m not sure how a civil rights lawyer could argue that an African-American student is aggrieved by being allowed to choose either the regular public school or a new charter school that promises to try to serve his needs especially.

Preach on Mr. Brummett!