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Kansas City, Mo.

IN 1996, Kansas City had its first shot at school reform in years. The school-board elections were swept by a coalition of black, white, and Hispanic activists who shared a strident anti-busing platform. They ridiculed the reign of U.S. Judge Russell Clark, whose desegregation plan had spent $1.6 billion on capital improvements but increased neither integration nor student achievement.

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Richard Nadler

Richard Nadler is president of the Americas Majority Foundation, a public-policy think tank in Overland Park, Kan.

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Kansas City, Mo.

IN 1996, Kansas City had its first shot at school reform in years. The school-board elections were swept by a coalition of black, white, and Hispanic activists who shared a strident anti-busing platform. They ridiculed the reign of U.S. Judge Russell Clark, whose desegregation plan had spent $1.6 billion on capital improvements but increased neither integration nor student achievement.