Another good NYT editorial:

Civil Rights at School 

The Department of Education Offers States Guidance on Equality

By THE NYT EDITORIAL BOARD

OCT. 28, 2014 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/opinion/secretary-arne-duncan-offers-states-guidance-on-equality.html

Earlier this month, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, sent what he described as "guidance" to states and school districts reminding them of their obligation to provide schoolchildren with equal resources regardless of race. The guidance, in the form of a "Dear Colleague" letter, invoked the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision in warning that school districts that shunted minority kids to inferior schools could be held accountable under federal civil rights law.