Not exact matches
James Ryan, the new dean of the Harvard Graduate
School of Education (GSE), argues persuasively that the second most significant ruling about school desegregation is Milliken v. Bradley, which the Court decided in
School of Education (GSE), argues persuasively that the second most significant
ruling about
school desegregation is Milliken v. Bradley, which the Court decided in
school desegregation is Milliken v. Bradley, which the Court decided in 1974.
A Union County, N.J., judge has
ruled that the Hillside Board of Education must turn over to the state data on its racially imbalanced elementary
schools so that a
desegregation plan can be implemented by the beginning of next
school year.
Kansas City
schools were already predominantly minority, and the Supreme Court had
ruled in the Detroit case that surrounding
school districts not found guilty of segregation could not be pulled into a case to provide more white students for
desegregation.
The Supreme Court softened its stance on
desegregation in the 1990s,
ruling that
school districts could not be held responsible for low student achievement in segregated settings.
In the early 1970s, the federal courts ordered a number of states to pay
school desegregation costs, but these
rulings were limited in number and had little overall effect on state systems for
school funding.
Lawyers for the state of Ohio last month asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to overturn a federal district court's
ruling that expanded the state's responsibility to fund
school desegregation in Lorain County under the terms of a consent decree.
Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark
ruling in 1954, accomplished both less and more than the
desegregation of American public
schools.
The parties in the Kansas City, Mo.,
desegregation case announced the accord last month, just weeks after a U.S. Supreme Court
ruling absolved the state from having to finance some of the
school district's most expansive and expensive
desegregation remedies.
Before the 21st century, he notes, the federal government did not tell states and local
school districts how to run their
schools, with the exception of areas like
desegregation and special education where there had been court
rulings.
Ruling in the Oklahoma City
school desegregation case, a divided U.S. Supreme Court holds that districts that were once racially segregated by law may be freed from court - ordered
desegregation plans if they have done their best to eradicate the vestiges of their discriminatory systems and have met court orders.
A 43 - year - old
desegregation case involving the Hillsborough County, Fla.,
school system came to an end last week, as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to disturb a federal appeals court
ruling that the district was no longer segregated.
Since the
rule was established decades ago, the state education department has notified districts that they were at risk of losing state aid if any of their
schools fail to meet the
desegregation criteria.
WASHINGTON — After an eventful year that included important
rulings on
desegregation, graduation prayers, and sexual harassment in the
schools, the U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term this week without any major education cases on its docket.
The program, the court
ruled, is «outside the scope of [the 1975
desegregation ruling] because it provides aid to students rather than to private
schools.»
Ruling in a 25 - year - old
school -
desegregation case, the judge rejected the state's argument that the district could pay for the court mandates through cost - saving measures, including cutting...
At the same time, the civil rights movement achieved major gains, and the
schools became the focus of national legislation and Supreme Court
rulings that required
desegregation.
The federal appellate
ruling last month lets stand a massive court - ordered property - tax hike imposed last fall on the city's residents to help fund the
school district's
desegregation efforts, which are among the most comprehensive and expensive ever undertaken.
A federal district judge can order increases in property taxes, but not income taxes, to fund costly
school -
desegregation remedies in Kansas City, Mo., an appellate panel has
ruled.
In detailing the program's existence, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi found that segregation academies in the state were consistently established in public
school districts that had either recently been forced to desegregate by the courts or had recently submitted
desegregation plans.48 Appendix B of the court's
ruling reveals the percentage of tuition that was covered by the vouchers offered to students at a number of the state's segregation academies.
Buses for
school desegregation rarely crossed the urban - suburban boundary, thanks to a Supreme Court
ruling in 1974, which meant that suburban students would not have to participate in court - ordered
desegregation of city
schools.
Complicating
desegregation even further: a 2007 United States Supreme Court
ruling that restricted
schools in selecting students.
33 And in a twist, the proposal also highlighted the importance of economic integration: «Although
desegregation rules focus exclusively on students» race or ethnic background, family income levels better determine children's preparation for
school and academic success.»
In 1974, the Supreme Court struck down the
desegregation order — a landmark
ruling that relieved suburban districts of their burden to help ease racial disparities in the city and set the stage for a long battle over whose responsibility it was to lift the Detroit
school system out of its quagmire.