High court probes K-12 school diversity
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The Supreme Court is diving into a debate over school diversity that is as old as Reconstruction-era efforts to integrate blacks into the mainstream and as new as the 5:35 a.m. start time on some buses carrying students across town in Louisville, Ky.
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Eleven school districts filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at forcing the state to pay more for special education. The school districts, including Bethel and Federal Way, collectively represent more than 20,000 special-education students.
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The Supreme Court debates whether school districts can adopt race-conscious student-assignment policies to keep schools from resegregating
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The Supreme Court said Thursday that athletic associations can enforce limits on recruiting high school athletes without violating coaches' free speech rights.
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By Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Dec. 8--In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. the Board of Education that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees all citizens equal protection of the laws.
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The Supreme Court is considering whether a landmark gender equity law protects an Alabama high school coach who complained about unfair treatment of his girls' basketball team, a case testing the scope of women's athletic rights.
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A divided Supreme Court yesterday restricted the ability of public school districts to use race to determine which schools students can attend, a decision that could sharply limit integration programs across the nation.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school assignment plans that take account of students' race in two major public school districts. The decisions could imperil similar plans nationwide. The Court also blocked the execution of a Texas killer whose lawyers argued that he should not be put to death because he is mentally ill.
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A private school for Native Hawaiians may favor applicants based on their race, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, citing the unique history and relationship between Hawaii and the United States.
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A glaring lack of racial and cultural diversity among teachers is hurting the chances of success for minority students, a coalition of school groups contends.
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The ability to use race when assigning students to public schools is on the line in two cases before the Supreme Court on Monday that could produce the most important decision on school desegregation in decades.
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Nearly seven months have passed since the Supreme Court heard arguments about public school integration plans.
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Some schools would be able to select pupils by race under plans being considered by the Conservative Party.
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  In a move to clear up school voucher confusion as swiftly as possible, opponents want to send the crux of the voucher issue straight to the Utah Supreme Court.  Friday Rep.
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First, Georgia&#39;s education chief tried to take the word ``evolution&#39;&#39; out of the state&#39;s science curriculum. Now a suburban Atlanta county is in federal court over textbook
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Public schools cannot use race to decide where students attend classes, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a significant civil rights decision that may affect millions of students nationwide.
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President Bush's plan to expand standardized testing in high schools is facing a fight from some of the same leaders in Congress who pushed through his first-term school agenda.