Many ingredients are necessary for students and educators to succeed.
How our schools are organized in terms of grades and student assignments is left up to local boards of education. While the courts often dictated these issues when integration was in its infancy, they are playing a less activist role today. This shift puts great pressure and responsibility on local boards of education. Government closest to the people is capable of making the best decisions, but public officials must exhibit the courage to do what is right. And what's right is not always what is most popular or politically correct.