In August, the nation’s second-largest school district announced a major policy shift that caused the soon-to-be-unemployed minds at the Los Angeles Times editorial board to collectively explode last month. Why?
Because in the wake of a federal civil rights complaint filed by Parents Defending Education in 2023, the U.S. Department of Education forced the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to open up its $120 million Black Student Achievement Plan tutoring program to all students with academic need—no longer conditioning participation on skin color alone.
Read that again: A public school system—underwritten by public tax dollars—is no longer allowed to discriminate on the basis of race. In 2024.
The horror!
Just what was this program, though? Depending on a learner’s skin color, totally different courses were offered. For example,…
