The News and Observer ran a profile yesterday on Wake County school board member John Tedesco. Tedesco has come under fire in recent days as a sort of vanguard of the demise of the diversity policy. His outspoken defense of the committee’s decision has led to attacks on his character and attempts to endanger his job.
Yet nonetheless he persists. Not on account of any politics, he claims, but on account of his upbringing. He believes that shunting poorer students from school to school may help the schools look good, but ultimately does nothing to benefit the students themselves.