Student Assignment Plans
Law & Courts
Federal File
OCR Race Letter Draws Objection
The Department of Education’s office for civil rights has weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 decision on school districts’ consideration of race in assigning students to schools.
Law & Courts
Louisville District Unveils New Student-Assignment Plan
The district proposed a new system that it hopes will maintain racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity in its schools without running afoul of the law.
Law & Courts
Use of Race a Concern for Magnet Schools
School officials are examining their programs after the recent Supreme Court ruling on race-conscious assignment policies in districts.
School & District Management
News in Brief
Wake County Postpones Decision on Student-Assignment Policy
School board members say they need more time to debate a policy that aims to minimize the concentration of poor students in one school.
Equity & Diversity
Wake County, N.C., May Raise Cap on Poor Students
The student-assignment plan has drawn the spotlight as a national model for ensuring diversity in public schools without using race and ethnicity.
Law & Courts
Mass. Tells Districts to Hold Off on Student-Assignment Changes
State officials are examining the plans to see if they are legally viable in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Law & Courts
Income-Based Diversity Plans Highlighted
A new report surveys the use of students’ socioeconomic status in pursuit of diverse and high-achieving school populations in a dozen school districts.
Law & Courts
Researchers Cite Evidence for Race-Conscious Policies
The National Academy of Education calls race-conscious policies "the most effective means of achieving racial diversity in schools."
Law & Courts
Districts Face Uncertainty in Maintaining Racially Diverse Schools
The recent Supreme Court decision limiting race-based school assignments means districts must consider whether to try alternative means to keep schools integrated.
Federal
Decision Sparks Divided Reactions
School officials and traditional civil rights groups decried the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on race-based admissions, while others hailed the decision as a victory again reverse discrimination.
Law & Courts
Strong Opinions Expressed at Rally Outside Supreme Court
The steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building were a magnet for hundreds of college and high school students who turned out on a cold and windy Monday to show their support for affirmative action and Brown v. Board of Education, which they believe will be damaged if the court strikes down two voluntary plans used to promote racial diversity in the Jefferson County, Ky., and Seattle schools.
Law & Courts
Diverse Views Offered on Supreme Court Race Cases
Education organizations, civil rights groups, and scholars were among those filing a total of 57 friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court by the Oct. 10 deadline in support of race-conscious policies of the Seattle and Jefferson County, Ky., school districts.
Education
A National Roundup
Calif. District Is Sued Over Assignment Plan
The American Civil Rights Foundation is suing the Berkeley, Calif., school district over its use of race in determining students’ assignment to elementary schools and to special high school programs.
Law & Courts
No Shades of Gray
Louisville's race-conscious policy is the target of a legal challenge by a white parent who contends that the policy violated her son’s U.S. constitutional right to equal protection of the law when he was denied a transfer to his neighborhood school on account of his race in 2000.