John Hood is trumpeting how Wayne County's low-income students are doing better than their peers in Wake County.

In a Monday column, John Hood, president of the conservative John Locke Foundation, questions how the state NAACP can take action against Wayne County while threatening to take similar action against Wake. He notes how Wake, which has been using the diversity policy praised by the NAACP, is doing worse among its disadvantaged students.

"By virtually every measure, Wayne County matches or outperforms Wake County when it comes to student achievement among the disadvantaged," Hood writes.