Word: payzant
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...director of the task force, whose members include DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Boston Public School Superintendent Thomas W. Payzant, said the report was not meant to suggest that Asian-Americans are not a minority group...
Today's school system is 49 percent black, 26 percent Hispanic, 15 percent white and 9 percent Asian, essentially ensuring somewhat diverse schools regardless of the assignment plan, Payzant said...
Willie characterized Payzant's data as "totally bogus...
...shows no understanding of controlled choice," he said. Payzant's data falsely assumes that parents would choose the same schools as they would have with race-based restrictions, according to Willie...
...never been consulted at any point in Payzant's four-year tenure...