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  • Ending Discrimination in Schools

    07/03/2007 3:19:17 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 7 replies · 1,064+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | July 3, 2007 | Nathan Tabor
    An intriguing ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court could re-open discussion about the brainwashing that occurs in all-too-many public school classrooms these days. The High Court this week issued a thumbs-down to so-called "diversity" plans in two large school districts that use race as a factor in assigning students. According to an Associated Press report, the ruling could affect not only schools in Seattle and Louisville, but could impact like-minded plans in hundreds of school systems around the country. Chief Justice John Roberts said the school districts involved "failed to show that they considered methods other than explicit racial classifications...
  • Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration

    06/29/2007 1:58:57 AM PDT · by bhamlett · 20 replies · 2,084+ views
    New York Times ^ | June 29, 2007 | Linda Greenhouse
    WASHINGTON, June 28 — With competing blocs of justices claiming the mantle of Brown v. Board of Education, a bitterly divided Supreme Court declared Thursday that public school systems cannot seek to achieve or maintain integration through measures that take explicit account of a student’s race.