Supreme Court Case Focuses on Race and Schools
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At issue is SeattleÂs plan to overcome the effects of the cityÂs segregated housing patterns in its 10 high schools.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in two cases involving the use of race in school assignments, then immediately release audio tapes of the proceeding.
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The Christian Science Monitor - At the crossroads of education and civil rights, a new signpost has been planted by the US Supreme Court, leaving school districts that have been striving for integration wondering which way to proceed.
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What to do now? School officials around the country are asking that question following a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in Seattle and Louisville, Ky.
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Families of victims and offenders weigh in on pending Supreme Court case.
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The US supreme court signalled its shift to the right yesterday in a decision that undermines a landmark legal ruling of the civil rights era that outlawed segregation in schools.
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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 teenager is due to accuse her school of discriminating against Christians in a High Court action.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for using race to assign students in limited circumstances.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down public school choice plans in Seattle, Washington, and Louisville, Kentucky, concluding they relied on an unconstitutional use of racial criteria, in a sharply worded pair of cases reflecting the deep legal and social divide over the issue of skin color and education.
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Chanting slogans and waving signs, thousands of demonstrators -- mostly high school and college students and teachers -- gathered yesterday on the steps of the Supreme Court to support the use of race in programs to maintain school integration.
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The Supreme Court considers the case of a fired coach who had railed against conditions for female athletes.
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By CORNELIUS CHAPMAN  This week is the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Zelman vs. Simmons-Harris, the case that upheld the Cleveland school voucher program. Contrary to dire predictions, the sky hasn't fallen.
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The Supreme Court hears a California case Monday that could become a signature decision of the Rehnquist era.
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WASHINGTON -- 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.
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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 legal case of a girl with special educational needs could prompt a rethink of the use of restraint in schools.