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Diversity's Distractions Revisited: The Case Of Latinx In Higher Education, Rachel F. Moran
Diversity's Distractions Revisited: The Case Of Latinx In Higher Education, Rachel F. Moran
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Testing The Limits: Asian Americans And The Debate Over Standardized Entrance Exams, Vinay Harpalani
Testing The Limits: Asian Americans And The Debate Over Standardized Entrance Exams, Vinay Harpalani
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Preferencing Educational Choice: The Constitutional Limits, Derek Black
Preferencing Educational Choice: The Constitutional Limits, Derek Black
Faculty Publications
Rapidly expanding charter and voucher programs threaten a new education paradigm in which access to traditional public schools is no longer guaranteed in some communities. In some instances, choice programs are phasing out traditional public schools altogether. The most harmful effects of choice, however, occur at the local level, not the state level. Thus, this Article does not challenge the general constitutionality of choice programs. Instead, the Article identifies limitations that state constitutional rights to adequate and equal education place on choice policy.
First, states cannot preference private choice programs over public education. This conclusion flows from the fact that …
Civil Rights, Charter Schools, And Lessons To Be Learned, Derek W. Black
Civil Rights, Charter Schools, And Lessons To Be Learned, Derek W. Black
Faculty Publications
Two major structural shifts have occurred in education reform in the past two decades: the decline of civil rights reforms and the rise of charter schools. Courts and policy makers have relegated traditional civil rights reforms that address segregation, poverty, disability, and language barriers to near irrelevance, while charter schools and policies supporting their creation and expansion have rapidly increased and now dominate federal policy. Advocates of traditional civil rights reforms interpret the success of charter schools as a threat to their cause, and, consequently, have fought the expansion of charter schools. This Article argues that the civil rights community …
Education's Elusive Future, Storied Past, And The Fundamental Inequity In Between, Derek W. Black
Education's Elusive Future, Storied Past, And The Fundamental Inequity In Between, Derek W. Black
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Middle Income Peers As Educational Resources And The Constitutional Right To Equal Access, Derek W. Black
Middle Income Peers As Educational Resources And The Constitutional Right To Equal Access, Derek W. Black
Faculty Publications
Concentrated poverty in public schools continues to be a leading determinate of the educational opportunities that minority students receive. Since the effective end of mandatory desegregation, advocates have lacked legal tools to address it. As an alternative, some advocates and scholars have attempted to incorporate the concerns of concentrated poverty and racial segregation into educational litigation under state constitutions, but these efforts have been slow to take hold. Thus, all that has remained for students in poor and minority schools is the hope that school finance litigation could direct sufficient resources to mitigate their plight. This Article offers another solution. …
A New Era For Desegregation, Danielle R. Holley-Walker
A New Era For Desegregation, Danielle R. Holley-Walker
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
After Unitary Status: Examining Voluntary Integration Strategies For Southern School Districts, Danielle R. Holley-Walker
After Unitary Status: Examining Voluntary Integration Strategies For Southern School Districts, Danielle R. Holley-Walker
Faculty Publications
This Article provides empirical data on student assignment plans that are currently being used by Southern school districts that have recently attained unitary status. As the facts of Parents Involved in Community Schools demonstrate, Southern school districts will likely continue to be at the forefront of the struggle over voluntary integration efforts. Many Southern school districts are being released from desegregation orders that allowed the district to use race-conscious remedies to address previous de jure racial segregation. Without those court orders, the school district is faced with a choice about whether to continue to make racial integration a priority and …
Examining Costs Of Diversity, Eboni S. Nelson
Examining Costs Of Diversity, Eboni S. Nelson
Faculty Publications
Although the Supreme Court struck down the voluntary race-based student-assignment plans employed in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. ] and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education as violative of the Equal Protection Clause, many school officials will seek refuge in Justice Kennedy's concurrence and continue their pursuit of racially diverse student bodies. This Article questions the wisdom of such a pursuit and urges school officials to pursue measures other than racial diversity to provide equal educational opportunities to minority students.
The Article begins with a discussion of the social, democratic, and educational benefits commonly …
The Availability And Viability Of Socioeconomic Integration Post-Parents Involved, Eboni S. Nelson
The Availability And Viability Of Socioeconomic Integration Post-Parents Involved, Eboni S. Nelson
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Uncertain Future Of School Desegregation And The Importance Of Goodwill, Good Sense, And A Misguided Decision, Derek W. Black
The Uncertain Future Of School Desegregation And The Importance Of Goodwill, Good Sense, And A Misguided Decision, Derek W. Black
Faculty Publications
The article was part of a symposium on the jurisprudence of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. First, the article analyzed whether the Court’s decision in Parents Involved v. Seattle Schools was consistent with Justice O’Connor’s majority opinion in Grutter v. Bollinger. The article concludes that Parents Involved narrowly construed the holding in Grutter and limited its effect. Second, the article assessed the practical import of the decision in Parents Involved. It found that the opinion made voluntary desegregation more difficult than it otherwise would be and, thus, would discourage many school districts from taking progressive action. Unfortunately, the article …