Word: segregationism
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Although choice within the public system may be beneficial, there must be certain provisions which ensure that ethnic and economic background does not prevent some students from participating. Pure choice without government intervention will not only hurt the schools and children who need the most assistance, but it will also...
Admittedly, much recent federal intervention in education has been disastrous. In most places, busing increased racial tensions and segregation, drove whites away from public schools, and increased per-pupil costs. But the individualism of the Bush-league is not right.
However, the quotation from Time supports integration, whereas the Putnam statement is a defense of segregation. Goodheart admits that his "comparisons may seem crude or facile." What else can one call his referring to opposite ideas as "remarkably similar"?
Because the correct moral position on issues such as segregation and the Vietnam War was so overwhelming and obvious to them, activists of the '60s could "throw themselves into the events with abandon," according to Hendrik Hertzberg '65 of the New Republic.
Alexander defended systems of education where parents have the right to choose which schools they want their children to attend, saying that such programs will not promote segregation. Bush's education proposal allows people to determine where to enroll their children.