/brown-v-board Brown v. Board en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Thu, 30 May 2024 20:32:07 GMT /leadership/opinion-when-did-we-become-disillusioned-with-desegregation/2024/05 Forty years ago, the civil rights attorney and professor Derrick Bell diagnosed where the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education went wrong. Thu, 30 May 2024 20:32:07 GMT /leadership/opinion-when-did-we-become-disillusioned-with-desegregation/2024/05 /leadership/opinion-70-years-after-brown-schools-are-still-separate-and-unequal/2024/05 The legal strategy to prioritize school integration has had some unforeseen consequences in the decades since. Mon, 20 May 2024 18:07:30 GMT /leadership/opinion-70-years-after-brown-schools-are-still-separate-and-unequal/2024/05 /leadership/opinion-70-years-of-abandonment-the-failed-promise-of-brown-v-board/2024/05 If the nation is going to refuse integration, Black people must demand we revisit the separate but equal doctrine, writes Bettina L. Love. Thu, 16 May 2024 19:07:28 GMT /leadership/opinion-70-years-of-abandonment-the-failed-promise-of-brown-v-board/2024/05 /leadership/opinion-brown-v-board-of-education-at-70-a-dream-dissolved/2024/05 This anniversary should remind us that progress is not inevitable. We stand now at a critical juncture. Wed, 15 May 2024 21:51:34 GMT /leadership/opinion-brown-v-board-of-education-at-70-a-dream-dissolved/2024/05 /policy-politics/brown-v-board-of-education-70-years-of-progress-and-challenges/2024/05 The milestone for the historic 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down racial segregation in schools is marked by a range of tributes Tue, 14 May 2024 21:23:19 GMT /policy-politics/brown-v-board-of-education-70-years-of-progress-and-challenges/2024/05 /policy-politics/u-s-supreme-court-declines-bid-to-rename-brown-v-board-of-education/2024/01 Descendants argued that their case, not the one from Topeka, Kan., should have topped the 1954 decision on racial segregation in schools. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:15:04 GMT /policy-politics/u-s-supreme-court-declines-bid-to-rename-brown-v-board-of-education/2024/01 /policy-politics/should-brown-v-board-of-education-be-renamed-the-debate-explained/2023/06 Descendants contend the companion case Briggs v. Elliott was unfairly bumped from the top of the historic decision. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:54:55 GMT /policy-politics/should-brown-v-board-of-education-be-renamed-the-debate-explained/2023/06 /policy-politics/as-a-skeptical-supreme-court-weighs-race-in-college-admissions-brown-looms-large/2022/10 The cases heard Monday involve Harvard and the University of North Carolina, but a decision could be felt in K-12 education. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:48:03 GMT /policy-politics/as-a-skeptical-supreme-court-weighs-race-in-college-admissions-brown-looms-large/2022/10 /policy-politics/4-things-to-know-about-the-affirmative-action-showdown-before-the-supreme-court/2022/10 The justices on Monday weigh the use of race in admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, with K-12 implications. Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:40:08 GMT /policy-politics/4-things-to-know-about-the-affirmative-action-showdown-before-the-supreme-court/2022/10 /teaching-learning/brown-v-board-decimated-the-black-educator-pipeline-a-scholar-explains-how/2022/05 A new book digs into a lesser-known and negative consequence of one of the nation's most significant civil rights milestones. Mon, 16 May 2022 21:14:29 GMT /teaching-learning/brown-v-board-decimated-the-black-educator-pipeline-a-scholar-explains-how/2022/05 /policy-politics/leaked-abortion-draft-has-supreme-court-education-cases-in-political-cross-hairs/2022/05 Conservatives have taken aim at decisions on educating immigrants, race in admissions, and religion. Liberals have some cases in mind, too. Tue, 10 May 2022 23:44:17 GMT /policy-politics/leaked-abortion-draft-has-supreme-court-education-cases-in-political-cross-hairs/2022/05 /policy-politics/brown-v-board-cited-in-draft-supreme-court-opinion-to-back-overturning-abortion-rights/2022/05 The leaked opinion in a case still to be decided by the Supreme Court cites landmark decisions including Brown v. Board of Education. Tue, 03 May 2022 23:32:15 GMT /policy-politics/brown-v-board-cited-in-draft-supreme-court-opinion-to-back-overturning-abortion-rights/2022/05 /education/barrett-says-brown-v-board-of-education-is-superprecedent-beyond-overruling/2020/10 U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said it would be "unthinkable" for the landmark "Brown" desegregation decision to be overruled. Tue, 13 Oct 2020 20:42:00 GMT /education/barrett-says-brown-v-board-of-education-is-superprecedent-beyond-overruling/2020/10 /policy-politics/65-years-after-brown-v-board-where-are-all-the-black-educators/2019/05 The landmark Supreme Court had an unintended effect that’s still felt today: Thousands of black teachers and principals lost their jobs. Wed, 15 May 2019 01:21:43 GMT /policy-politics/65-years-after-brown-v-board-where-are-all-the-black-educators/2019/05 /education/opinion-what-kind-of-programs-can-help-teacher-diversity/2019/02 As we approach the 65th anniversary of the Brown v. Board decision, the lack of teacher diversity is stubbornly persistent. "Grow Your Own" programs are one promising solution. Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:15:00 GMT /education/opinion-what-kind-of-programs-can-help-teacher-diversity/2019/02 /education/kavanaugh-brown-v-board-of-education-is-supreme-courts-greatest-moment/2018/09 Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh praised the landmark desegregation decision at his confirmation hearing, but said the efforts to fulfill its promise remain unfinished. Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:43:00 GMT /education/kavanaugh-brown-v-board-of-education-is-supreme-courts-greatest-moment/2018/09 /leadership/on-brown-v-board-of-education-anniversary-dems-blast-trumps-civil-rights-record/2018/05 Congressional Democrats held a forum on various civil rights issues in education on the 64th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case that prohibited laws establishing segregated schools. Thu, 17 May 2018 22:30:10 GMT /leadership/on-brown-v-board-of-education-anniversary-dems-blast-trumps-civil-rights-record/2018/05 /education/64-years-after-brown-v-board-many-schools-are-separate-and-unequal/2018/05 Sixty-four years since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the principle of "separate but equal" education, public schools in many communities remain highly segregated and schools where students of color are the majority usually lag behind those with majority white student bodies on things like access to rigorous courses and school-based librarians. Wed, 16 May 2018 20:00:52 GMT /education/64-years-after-brown-v-board-many-schools-are-separate-and-unequal/2018/05 /leadership/decades-after-brown-v-board-unequal-class-offerings-remain-a-problem/2018/05 A new study shows just how thin the course offerings can be at some schools serving mostly students of color in comparison to the curricula at nearby, white-majority schools. Mon, 14 May 2018 16:09:00 GMT /leadership/decades-after-brown-v-board-unequal-class-offerings-remain-a-problem/2018/05 /education/questions-on-brown-v-board-of-education-often-a-catch-22-for-judicial-nominees/2018/04 The landmark school desegregation ruling may be settled law, but can also be used to put nominees on the spot, as one of President Donald Trump's picks for the federal bench saw this week. Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:22:00 GMT /education/questions-on-brown-v-board-of-education-often-a-catch-22-for-judicial-nominees/2018/04 /education/some-reflections-on-linda-c-brown-a-daughter-litigant-and-civil-rights-icon/2018/03 Brown, who died this week at age 75, was sometimes in the forefront, at other times in the background, of the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark school desegregation case. Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:52:00 GMT /education/some-reflections-on-linda-c-brown-a-daughter-litigant-and-civil-rights-icon/2018/03 /education/linda-c-brown-key-figure-in-historic-u-s-desegregation-case-dies-at-75/2018/03 Brown was the oldest daughter of Oliver L. Brown, lead plaintiff in the Brown v. Board of Education case that struck down racial segregation in education. Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT /education/linda-c-brown-key-figure-in-historic-u-s-desegregation-case-dies-at-75/2018/03 /policy-politics/obituary/2016/10 Jack Greenberg, a civil rights lawyer who helped litigate the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, has died. Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:19:53 GMT /policy-politics/obituary/2016/10 /policy-politics/jack-greenberg-key-figure-in-brown-v-board-of-education-case-dies-at-91/2016/10 Greenberg, who was in his 20s when he helped argue cases that reached the U.S. Supreme Court under the umbrella of Brown v. Board, was the last living lawyer involved in the case. Thu, 13 Oct 2016 18:26:26 GMT /policy-politics/jack-greenberg-key-figure-in-brown-v-board-of-education-case-dies-at-91/2016/10 /leadership/daughter-of-brown-v-board-plaintiff-asks-naacp-to-drop-call-for-charter-ban/2016/09 The National Alliance for Public Charter 69´«Ă½ and the Black Alliance for Educational Options organized a group of 160 black educators, advocates, lawmakers and religious leaders to sign a letter to the NAACP. Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:58:32 GMT /leadership/daughter-of-brown-v-board-plaintiff-asks-naacp-to-drop-call-for-charter-ban/2016/09 /leadership/daughter-of-brown-v-board-plaintiff-talks-leadership-topeka-segregation/2016/07 Cheryl Brown Henderson, a former educator and president of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, discusses the significance of having Superintendent Tiffany Anderson, an African-American woman, at the helm of Topeka's public schools. Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:41:27 GMT /leadership/daughter-of-brown-v-board-plaintiff-talks-leadership-topeka-segregation/2016/07 /leadership/court-orders-miss-district-to-desegregate-schools/2016/05 Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision striking down racially segregated public schools, one small Mississippi district had resisted—until now. Tue, 31 May 2016 23:54:39 GMT /leadership/court-orders-miss-district-to-desegregate-schools/2016/05 /education/fighting-for-school-desegregation-an-interview-with-john-a-stokes-video/2016/02 In 1951, John A. Stokes joined other black students in a strike over the condition of their school and subsequently became a figure in Brown v. Board of Ed. Hear his story and the message he wants to share with students today. Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:30:40 GMT /education/fighting-for-school-desegregation-an-interview-with-john-a-stokes-video/2016/02 /education/brown-v-board-of-education-to-be-featured-in-c-spans-landmark-cases/2015/11 The 90-minute live special, airing Monday night, features the only education case included in the public affairs channel's first list of landmark cases. Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:56:00 GMT /education/brown-v-board-of-education-to-be-featured-in-c-spans-landmark-cases/2015/11 /education/c-span-to-examine-brown-v-board-of-education-in-landmark-cases-series/2015/11 The 90-minute live special, airing Monday night, features the only education case included in the public affairs channel's first list of landmark cases. Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:51:00 GMT /education/c-span-to-examine-brown-v-board-of-education-in-landmark-cases-series/2015/11