I'm not making this up

When the right-wing Fordham Institute's Mike Petrilli (left) heard Arne Duncan mention the words, "civil rights," he freaked.

Holy Toledo! The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is going to use “all the tools” at its disposal to fix one of education’s most intractable problems: the achievement gap.

But, not to worry. He heard back immediately from Russlynn Ali, the Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, calling to "soothe" his concerns.

Holy Toledo!