Sentences with phrase «avoid racial isolation»

This manual was written to help guide education stakeholders — including parents, students, school board members, community activists, administrators, policymakers and attorneys — in their efforts to promote racial diversity and avoid racial isolation in suburban school systems.

Ali, R., & Pérez, T.E. Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, December 2011).

The Obama administration has issued new priorities for its charter - school grant program, among them support for schools that «promote diversity in their student bodies, including racial and ethnic diversity, or avoid racial isolation.»

While this case affirmed that school districts have compelling interests both in achieving diversity and in avoiding racial isolation, it added a new level of legal uncertainty for school districts trying to achieve these goals.

If, however, a race - neutral approach would be unworkable to achieve the compelling interest of diversity and / or avoiding racial isolation, a school district may employ generalized race - based approaches but may not make decisions on the basis of any individual student's race.

Districts may design school choice programs in a way that achieves diversity or avoids racial isolation using race - neutral factors (such as socioeconomic status) or generalized race - based factors that look at things like the overall racial composition of neighborhoods but do not involve decision - making on the basis of any individual student's race.

Not exact matches

SE: Evidence from a variety of fields — education, public health, and economics — supports attaining and maintaining diversity and avoiding racial and economic isolation in schools.