The End of the Beginning: Affirmative action is dead, but the fight for equal educational opportunity persists.
FAIR Advisor Ilya Shapiro along with Renu Mukherjee point out what many proponents of affirmative action choose to ignore—”a major cause of today’s educational achievement gap between ‘underrepresented minorities’ and whites and Asians: poor K-12 education.” This view is supported by FAIR Advisors Rowe, Loury, Hughes and others.
As they argue, “Providing all children, regardless of race, with the opportunity to receive a strong elementary and secondary education—by championing parental-choice programs, expanding charters, and holding students to high academic and disciplinary standards—is a better solution.”