Donna Brazile, Democratic Party strategist, laments the nation’s retreat from school integration in recent years.

Vouchers and charters are no substitute for integrated schools with equitable resources.

She cites the example of Milwaukee, which has had vouchers and charters since 1990.

Today, Milwaukee has low performance on national tests, and neither the voucher schools nor the charter schools outperform public schools.

She writes:

“Sixty years later, “separate and unequal” is still alive.

“To fix the problem, we must recognize the problem. First, privatizing our school systems results in increased segregation, not improved opportunities. Whether in New Orleans or Philadelphia or Detroit or New York, legislative schemes perpetuate separate and unequal by privatizing large swaths of public school districts — and in some cases, entire districts.

“Second, education doesn’t take place in a vacuum. Students and their families need access to health care, decent wages and affordable housing in integrated neighborhoods…