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US federal court ends decades-long school desegregation lawsuit in Louisiana

A US federal court on Tuesday closed a school desegregation lawsuit originally filed in 1965, effectively ending a decades-long mandate for federal oversight of school desegregatio...

Still separate and unequal? Families sue Massachusetts over school segregation.

Seventy years after Brown v. Board of Education, students in the Bay State are suing. They say they face segregated school districts with fewer resources, including weaker curricul...

William Miller Barbour and US Civil Rights

The Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education on May 17, 1954, is often treated as a clear dividing line in American civil rights history. Yet for many professionals...

Murrill scores another victory in school segregation cases

(The Center Square) –A federal appeals court ended decades of court oversight of Concordia Parish schools Tuesday, handing Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill another victory in...

Louisiana school board and federal government end 61 years of segregation monitoring

A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation.

Top court says separate Tel Aviv schools for foreign children create racial segregation

The Supreme Court ruled that, given the high concentration of foreign children in just two schools in south Tel Aviv, the municipality and the Education Ministry had to formulate a...

Louisiana school board and federal government end 61 years of segregation monitoring

A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation.

Trump Administration Ends Louisiana Desegregation Consent Decree

Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the Justice Department has framed most efforts to limit discrimination as federal overreach. 

Education Department Tells Schools Race Can’t Factor Into Student Discipline

A letter to educators follows up on last month's rescission of longstanding discrimination rules.

Today in Supreme Court History: September 7, 1958

9/7/1958: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas denied the Little Rock School Board's petition to suspend… The post Today in Supreme Court History: September...

Education Department Scraps Longstanding Discrimination Rules

Districts will no longer be liable for "disparate impact"—in discipline, course access, or CTE programs.

US Education Department investigates Milwaukee Public Schools over race-conscious discipline practices

Black-majority schools in Texas receive more Fs than A ratings, leaving parents with tough choices

Black Texas families weigh whether to send their children to schools with more academic resources — but potentially fewer of their values.

Bureaucratic Hurdles Shouldn't Limit School Choice

As families get ready for the new school year, nearly 22 million students in 23 states can use universal open enrollment laws to choose a traditional public school other than their...

Education Department rescinds provisions used to prove racial discrimination

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, resc...

US education department tells schools to stop ‘racial balancing’ in student discipline policies

Dallas ISD starts year shoring up academic growth

As the sun rose on Tuesday morning, it had all the signs of back-to-school. There were proud parents, perfect hair, new school supplies and a mariachi band; it is Texas after all....

Audit Shows Outlawed DEI Practices Still Embedded In Indiana Public Schools

The audit reviewed 12 different public school districts across Indiana and uncovered trends of embedded DEI frameworks still within the schools.

District Must Rename Schools After It Restored Confederate Names, Judge Rules

The district removed the Confederate names in 2020 only to bring them back four years later.

Richardson ISD visits homes of families taking advantage of open enrollment

It’s back to work for teachers and administrators at Richardson ISD, but before they dust off the old computer, Superintendent Tabitha Branum had a different idea. She gathered...

Education Department rescinds provisions used to prove racial discrimination

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, resc...

School Board Approves New Admissions Criteria for Magnet Schools in Response to Trump Administration Initiative

New Mexico AG Calls for Reform After Report Finds “Substantial Racial Disparities” in One School District

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Jim Crow, Title IX and the Facts of Life