>Because the admission programs to the desirable schools at all levels utilize affirmative action to try to reach this end. I don't think you're addressing wha

>Because the admission programs to the desirable schools at all levels utilize affirmative action to try to reach this end. I don't think you're addressing what the OP was suggesting. We should be making public schools desirable to go to. If everyone can get a decent education, you might have a chance of not having an affirmative action problem. For example in Australia, wealthy private schools over funded. But the parents are already well off, they can fund themselves. Meanwhile there are public schools that are under funded. All that money should be going to public schools and building a great public schools system. The US probably has problems with the public school system too.