{"id":3372,"date":"2016-06-06T13:45:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T17:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2016-06-07T08:36:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T12:36:51","slug":"secretary-king-is-wrong-esea-was-not-a-civil-rights-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/secretary-king-is-wrong-esea-was-not-a-civil-rights-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary King Is Wrong: ESEA Was Not a Civil Rights Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LBJ-Signing-ESEA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/secretary-king-is-wrong-esea-was-not-a-civil-rights-law\/lbj-signing-esea\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LBJ-Signing-ESEA.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,444\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LBJ Signing ESEA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LBJ-Signing-ESEA-300x296.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LBJ-Signing-ESEA.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3373\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LBJ-Signing-ESEA.jpg\" alt=\"LBJ Signing ESEA\" width=\"450\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LBJ-Signing-ESEA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LBJ-Signing-ESEA-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LBJ-Signing-ESEA-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act a civil rights act? No, not primarily. The record plainly shows it was an anti-poverty program, the benefits of which flow to all children regardless of race. The ESEA, unlike the Voting Rights Act, conveyed no new rights to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Why does this matter? Because the recently arrived Secretary of Education, John B. King, Jr., has used the argument &#8220;ESEA is a civil rights measure&#8221; against reasonable people who disagree with some proposed education regulations&#8230;.(<a href=\"http:\/\/edexcellence.net\/articles\/secretary-king-is-wrong-esea-was-not-a-civil-rights-law\">Read more at Flypaper<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act a civil rights act? No, not primarily. The record plainly shows it was an anti-poverty program, the benefits of which flow to all children regardless of race. The ESEA, unlike the Voting Rights Act, conveyed no new rights to anyone. Why does this matter? 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