Court Reviews Race as Factor in School Plans
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There seemed little prospect that plans to maintain racial integration at two urban school systems would survive the Supreme CourtÂs scrutiny.
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School officials in Seattle, Washington, said Thursday they know they cannot use "race-specific" rules to increase diversity in their schools but believe they can accomplish similar goals with "race-conscious measures."
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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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The Supremes move right on the question of race. Liberal justices dissented passionately. But there may still be some room in the middle.
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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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Students cannot be assigned to public schools because of their race, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a significant civil rights decision that casts doubt on integration efforts adopted across the country.
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School segregation saga has dragged the state into a confrontation with its segregationist past that illuminates the uneasy race relations of its present.
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Democratic presidential candidates stood united Thursday night against the Supreme Court and its historic ruling rolling back a half-century of school desegregation laws. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said the conservative court "turned the clock back" on history.
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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 considers the case of a fired coach who had railed against conditions for female athletes.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit the use of race in assigning students to public schools is drawing Massachusetts into a legal dispute over school desegregation in one of its cities.
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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.
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A landmark sex-equity law should protect people who report complaints of discrimination, the Supreme Court was told yesterday as it heard arguments in the case of an Alabama coach who was fired when he protested the unequal treatment of his girls&#39; high
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A justice who may cast the decisive vote on the closely divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sharply criticized using race to decide where students go to school.
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Schools will be reassured they  have the right to set their own uniform policies - after a court case involving the wearing of veils.
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Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education. In the case, Roderick Jackson -- formerly a basketball coach at a public high school -- alleges that he was removed
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On Monday, the court takes up cases from Seattle and Louisville on the role of race in school enrollment.