By carving up our cities into attendance zones, we are perpetuating the economic and racial divisions that marked one of the darkest eras of our nati… - Tim DeRoche

It’s commonplace for Americans of all races and income levels to use a false address to get into a school that they aren’t zoned for. School districts then sometimes hire private eyes to spy on kids and even put parents in jail for crossing the lines.

Perhaps, one day, the public school system will launch a counter-reformation to address some of the core problems that have prevented it from fulfilling its noble purpose. But for now, the vested powers of the educational establishment, much like the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century, have chosen to take a purely defensive position. Heretics who call for reform are labeled segregationists, book banners, or at the very least, "divisive."

The original Huck Finn is not about slavery; it’s not about race. This is a story about an abused kid looking for a safe haven.