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US schools expected to re-examine racial integration programs following court ruling

WASHINGTON School officials around the United States are considering how to proceed after a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in two cities.

June 29, 2007

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Massachusetts Schools May Feel Impact of Supreme Court Ruling

BOSTON The Supreme Court ruling Thursday that prohibits schools from considering race when assigning students, except in limited cases, could revive a failed challenge to the city of Lynn’s controversial desegregation plan and imperil similar policies around the state.

June 29, 2007

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Parents Nervous as Supreme Court Ruling Puts School Districts and Plaintiffs at Odds About Future School Assignments

LOUISVILLE Ky. For Jessica Vautard, attending classes with students from a variety of backgrounds is a treat that can’t be duplicated.

June 29, 2007

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Highlights of significant Supreme Court cases on race and schools

Significant decisions by the Supreme Court on the racial makeup of schools:

June 28, 2007

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How the Supreme Court’s Decision Yesterday Impacts Higher Ed

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court limited public school districts’ use of race in school assignments. While the deciding justices plainly state numerous times in their opinion that the ruling will not affect higher education, the four dissenting liberals argued that the court’s decision “tacitly” overrules Grutter v. Bollinger, which upheld the University of Michigan Law School’s affirmative action admissions policy in 2003.

June 28, 2007

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In Wake of Supreme Court Decision, Schools to Look to Factors Other Than Race Associated Press Online

WASHINGTON Educators soon may pay extra attention to income levels, home addresses and test scores when they decide which school a student should attend.

June 27, 2007

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Connecticut Education Law May be Affected by New Supreme Court Ruling

HARTFORD Conn. A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling could affect a decades-old Connecticut law requiring individual schools to reflect the demographics of their communities, state officials said Thursday.

June 27, 2007

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Seattle parent feels ‘vindicated’ by Supreme Court school ruling

SEATTLE Kathleen Brose never understood why the Seattle School Board wanted to use race in assigning students to public high schools, especially when students from so many backgrounds already attended each.

June 27, 2007

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Supreme Court Rejects School Race Plans

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school diversity plans that take account of students’ race in two major public school districts but left the door open for using race in limited circumstances.

June 27, 2007

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Affirmative Action Debate: Clegg vs. Shaw

WASHINGTON, D.C. The debate over whether racial diversity can be a “compelling interest” to justify the use of race in public school admissions will come to an end this week when the U.S. Supreme Court rules in two cases on voluntary desegregation.

June 26, 2007

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Study: Whites Just Don’t Understand the Black Experience

MANSFIELD, Ohio To White Americans, giving up television is a hardship; being Black is not. That’s the upshot of a series of studies by researchers at The Ohio State University.

June 24, 2007

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Students vow to oppose Proposition 209 – special report: health sciences

The weekend after the elections, approximately 1,600 Chicano students met at California State University at Northridge (CSUN) for the regularly scheduled fall statewide MEChA conference.

June 23, 2007