Student Assignment Plans

Education Court Orders Further Review of N.C. District's Assignment Plan
A federal appeals court has ordered a lower court to give greater scrutiny to a North Carolina school district's student-assignment plan, suggesting that the district's move away from racial diversity goals is inconsistent with a long-running court-supervised desegregation plan.
Mark Walsh, May 9, 2012
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Education Appeals Court Upholds Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plan
A federal appeals court has upheld a Pennsylvania school district's attendance-zone plan that took neighborhood racial demographics into account but did not assign individual students based on race.
Mark Walsh, December 16, 2011
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Education Court Casts Doubt on Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plan
A federal appeals court has cast doubt on a Louisiana school district's student redistricting plan that had a goal of maintaining the racial balance.
Mark Walsh, November 4, 2011
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Sophia Yusuf and Sam Whittemore check out a math assignment on an interactive whiteboard in Eden Prairie, Minn., where tensions have arisen over school zones. The controversy comes amid increased diversity, including an influx of Somali students.
Sophia Yusuf and Sam Whittemore check out a math assignment on an interactive whiteboard in Eden Prairie, Minn., where tensions have arisen over school zones. The controversy comes amid increased diversity, including an influx of Somali students.
Courtney Perry for Education Week
Families & the Community School Boundary Plan Divides Minn. Suburb
An assignment plan intended to keep schools socioeconomically balanced spurs a bitter debate in suburban Eden Prairie.
Christina A. Samuels, October 4, 2011
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Sen. Phil Pavlov, a Republican, chairs the Michigan state Senate's education panel and is a sponsor of legislation on public school choice.
<b>Sen. Phil Pavlov</b>, a Republican, chairs the Michigan state Senate's education panel and is a sponsor of legislation on public school choice.
Families & the Community Public School Choice Pushed in Michigan
A multibill package would greatly expand the menu of open-enrollment-style options for parents and students.
Sean Cavanagh, September 20, 2011
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School & District Management N.C. Superintendent Proposes Two Student Assignment Plans
The options are about 65 to 70 percent complete, and now need community input, said Superintendent Anthony Tata.
Christina A. Samuels, May 24, 2011
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School & District Management News in Brief USDA Bars Lunch-Data Use In Student-Assignment Plan
The USDA warned subsidized-lunch data are confidential and cannot be used to determine which schools students attend.
McClatchy-Tribune, March 8, 2011
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Protesters chant during a rally in Raleigh, N.C. The Feb. 12 march on the state Capitol attracted groups opposed to the Wake County school board's decision to abandon a student-assignment plan based on socioeconomic diversity. The plan had been seen by some as a model for school integration.
Protesters chant during a rally in Raleigh, N.C. The Feb. 12 march on the state Capitol attracted groups opposed to the Wake County school board's decision to abandon a student-assignment plan based on socioeconomic diversity. The plan had been seen by some as a model for school integration.
Sara D. Davis for Education Week
School & District Management Debate Over Busing in Wake County Shows Signs of Cooling
The Wake County, N.C., school board has drawn national attention—and many protests—for abandoning a busing plan based on socioeconomic diversity but a compromise plan may be in the works.
Christina A. Samuels, February 22, 2011
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School & District Management Detroit Students See Score Bump After School Mergers
A majority of Detroit schools involved in mergers posted higher reading and math test scores, an initial district-produced analysis shows.
Dakarai I. Aarons, June 24, 2010
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Equity & Diversity Jefferson Co. Schools Sued Over Student-Assignment Plan
Jefferson County, Ky.'s student-assignment plan is the subject of a new lawsuit which contends the plan violates a state law that gives students a right to attend the school nearest to his or her home.
Dakarai I. Aarons, June 17, 2010
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Law & Courts Opinion The Future of Racially Integrated Schools
In the wake of a 2007 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, Zoë Burkholder looks to her town’s new school-assignment plan as a way other districts might ensure racial balance in their schools without considering race.
Zoe Burkholder, May 26, 2010
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Elizabeth Caucutt and her brother Drayton run home after a day at school.
Elizabeth Caucutt and her brother Drayton run home after a day at school.
Andy Manis for Education Week
School & District Management Socioeconomics Replacing Race in School Assignments
Advocates hope to clear the path—blocked by the Supreme Court—to racial diversity in schools, through the use of poverty measures.
Mary Ann Zehr, May 7, 2010
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8 min read
BRIC ARCHIVE
Equity & Diversity Busing Fight Highlights Struggles With Diversity
A North Carolina school board's decision to stop busing to achieve socioeconomic diversity comes as districts elsewhere adjust to a changed legal landscape.
Dakarai I. Aarons, April 1, 2010
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8 min read
Education News in Brief Wake County, N.C., Board Rejects Diversity-Based Assignment Plan
Police removed protesters last week from a heated Wake County, N.C., school board meeting in which board members voted to abandon a student-assignment and diversity policy with roots dating back three decades.
The Associated Press & Dakarai I. Aarons, March 30, 2010
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