Every student should have a fair chance to reach his or her full educational potential and be educated in integrated settings. Opportunity and equality are not just core American values, they are core legal principles that the federal courts have upheld in the past. We are still feeling the effects of a long legacy of segregation and racial discrimination in this country, particularly in public education. Programs that try to make sure student bodies are diverse, and that all children have an equal opportunity to succeed, even young children, can only benefit us in the long run.