I lived it. I have not see the Cato analysis and I can speak from experience and the watching the news.

The goal was to desegregate the schools. That failed. The second goal was to increase test scores. That failed.

I’ve only skimmed the article you’ve posted but I’ve found numbers errors. It’s fifty pages, so it’ll take some time to get through it. They’re twisting things to silly extremes like minimizing the amount of money Kansas City has to spend.