Desegregation
Read more about efforts to reduce racial isolation in schools, including by courts, agencies, and districts
Equity & Diversity
Hillsborough, Fla., District Declared 'Unitary'
One of Florida's longest-running desegregation orders has been overturned by a federal court—the latest in a string of decisions to reverse decades of court oversight in Florida districts once found to operate racially divided schools.
School & District Management
Rift Between Board, Chief Has K.C. in Turmoil
The contentious relationship between Kansas City, Mo., Superintendent Benjamin Demps Jr. and school board members has temporarily derailed the district's desegregation case and spurred state lawmakers to speed up plans to take over the troubled system.
Equity & Diversity
Ashcroft's Desegregation Record Questioned
School desegregation emerged as a prominent theme during last week's often-rancorous Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the selection of former Sen. John D. Ashcroft as attorney general.
School desegregation emerged as a prominent theme during last week's often-rancorous Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the selection of former Sen. John D. Ashcroft as attorney general.
Equity & Diversity
Budget Deficit Threatens Rockford, Ill., District
Looking at a budget shortfall of some $61 million over the next two years, the Rockford, Ill., school board may close schools, eliminate sports programs, and ask residents to raise property taxes to make ends meet.
Equity & Diversity
Opposing Sides Agree Conn. Integration Efforts Need More Money
Connecticut education officials and the plaintiffs in the state's long-running desegregation case are both arguing that the remedy needs a greater investment of public dollars.
Equity & Diversity
In Wake of Ruling, Charlotte Votes To Drop Choice Plan
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., school board has voted to drop a new student-assignment plan in the wake of a ruling by a federal appeals court.
Equity & Diversity
Bid To Stop Busing for Integration In Fla. District Draws Protests
Hillsborough County school officials are at odds with local NAACP representatives about the best way to maintain and improve racial balance in their west Florida district.
Equity & Diversity
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Not Yet Desegregated, Court Rules
A federal appeals court ruled last week that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., schools are not fully desegregated, overturning a lower-court decision that would have ended decades of busing just as the district was putting a school choice plan in place.
Equity & Diversity
Md. District Plans Return To Neighborhood Schools
The Prince George's County, Md., school board has reached a milestone in its lengthy effort to end mandatory busing dating to a 1972 desegregation order.
Equity & Diversity
Balancing Act
When the Georgetown County, S.C., school district was forced to close an all-black school, the community learned some valuable lessons. But true integration remains an elusive goal.
Equity & Diversity
Iowa Grapples With Growing Diversity
Education leaders in Iowa are looking beyond the nation's long-standing black and white desegregation debate in an attempt to create schools that are welcoming to students of all racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
Equity & Diversity
Mass. Legislators Seek To Restore Desegregation Funding
It's not yet a done deal, but Massachusetts lawmakers are trying to restore the $13.2 million in desegregation funds that were cut from the state budget just weeks before the school year began.
Equity & Diversity
S.F. Schools Becoming More Segregated
Racial segregation is returning to the San Francisco school system, following a 1999 court order that forced the district to stop using race and ethnicity in assigning children to schools, a recent report concludes.
Law & Courts
High Court Refuses To Hear N.Y. Appeal in Yonkers Case
The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear New York state's appeal of lower-court rulings that require it to pay half the costs of desegregating the Yonkers public schools.