/student-assignment-plans Student Assignment Plans en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:01:35 GMT /leadership/schools-are-resegregating-theres-a-push-for-the-supreme-court-to-consider-that/2022/11 As the court weighs race-conscious college admissions policies, some say the needs of resegregating K-12 schools ought to be considered, too. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:01:35 GMT /leadership/schools-are-resegregating-theres-a-push-for-the-supreme-court-to-consider-that/2022/11 /leadership/a-losing-fight-to-keep-schools-desegregated/2019/08 Few districts have done as much as Wake County, N.C., to keep schools racially and socioeconomically diverse, but’s it’s a battle the school board says it has been losing. Can it reverse the trend? Tue, 13 Aug 2019 01:19:34 GMT /leadership/a-losing-fight-to-keep-schools-desegregated/2019/08 /teaching-learning/study-drops-in-class-rank-affect-student-outcomes/2016/03 A Chicago study finds that when students who are "big fish" in their neighborhood schools move to higher-achieving ones, they may pay an academic price. Wed, 16 Mar 2016 01:01:54 GMT /teaching-learning/study-drops-in-class-rank-affect-student-outcomes/2016/03 /policy-politics/opinion-integration-new-concepts-for-a-new-era/2014/05 School desegregation remains a goal worth pursuing, but by different, more nuanced means than schools used to employ, Leonard Stevens writes. Wed, 14 May 2014 01:16:51 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-integration-new-concepts-for-a-new-era/2014/05 /leadership/ky-district-keeps-faith-on-school-desegregation/2014/05 Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down its race-based student-assignment plan, Jefferson County is maintaining diverse schools and improving achievement. Wed, 14 May 2014 00:52:35 GMT /leadership/ky-district-keeps-faith-on-school-desegregation/2014/05 /leadership/custom-software-helps-cities-manage-school-choice/2013/12 A nonprofit has combined economic principles and technology to help overhaul the school choice and student assignment systems in New York, Boston, Denver, New Orleans, and Washington. Wed, 04 Dec 2013 03:46:13 GMT /leadership/custom-software-helps-cities-manage-school-choice/2013/12 /policy-politics/nashville-student-assignment-case-turned-down-by-supreme-court/2013/10 The high court rejected an appeal from African American parents that a student assignment plan for the district led to resegregation of the school district. Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:43:43 GMT /policy-politics/nashville-student-assignment-case-turned-down-by-supreme-court/2013/10 /education/supreme-court-declines-to-weigh-nashville-assignment-plan/2013/10 The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from black parents that a student assignment plan for Nashville school district led to unconstitutional resegregation of the schools. Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:55:00 GMT /education/supreme-court-declines-to-weigh-nashville-assignment-plan/2013/10 /leadership/half-century-old-ga-desegregation-case-nears-end/2013/06 A desegregation case near Augusta, Ga., is up for a hearing that may end court-ordered busing in the district. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:17:03 GMT /leadership/half-century-old-ga-desegregation-case-nears-end/2013/06 /leadership/baton-rouge-struggles-to-keep-control-of-schools/2013/05 Efforts to create a new school district and reshuffle students in East Baton Rouge Parish are causing a stir in Louisiana. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:36:23 GMT /leadership/baton-rouge-struggles-to-keep-control-of-schools/2013/05 /leadership/student-assignments-upheld-in-nashville/2013/05 A federal appeals court has rejected claims from black parents that a student-assignment plan for the Metropolitan Nashville district in Tennessee led to unconstitutional resegregation. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:16:28 GMT /leadership/student-assignments-upheld-in-nashville/2013/05 /education/appeals-court-upholds-nashville-student-assignment-plan/2013/05 A federal appeals court rejected claims from black parents that a student assignment plan for the Nashville district led to unconstitutional resegregation of the schools. Fri, 10 May 2013 18:47:00 GMT /education/appeals-court-upholds-nashville-student-assignment-plan/2013/05 /education/bostons-new-pupil-assignment-plan-keeps-students-closer-to-home/2013/03 Boston's School Committee voted yesterday to approve a new student-assignment plan, which the district says will keep more K-8 students in schools closer to home. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:31:17 GMT /education/bostons-new-pupil-assignment-plan-keeps-students-closer-to-home/2013/03 /leadership/pupil-assignments-get-another-look-in-boston/2013/02 Twenty years after desegregation ended, the mayor wants to change the way students are matched to schools. Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:30:19 GMT /leadership/pupil-assignments-get-another-look-in-boston/2013/02 /education/court-orders-further-review-of-n-c-districts-assignment-plan/2012/05 A federal appeals court has ordered a lower court to give greater scrutiny to a North Carolina school district's student-assignment plan, suggesting that the district's move away from racial diversity goals is inconsistent with a long-running court-supervised desegregation plan. Wed, 09 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT /education/court-orders-further-review-of-n-c-districts-assignment-plan/2012/05 /education/appeals-court-upholds-race-conscious-student-assignment-plan/2011/12 A federal appeals court has upheld a Pennsylvania school district's attendance-zone plan that took neighborhood racial demographics into account but did not assign individual students based on race. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:05:00 GMT /education/appeals-court-upholds-race-conscious-student-assignment-plan/2011/12 /education/court-casts-doubt-on-race-conscious-student-assignment-plan/2011/11 A federal appeals court has cast doubt on a Louisiana school district's student redistricting plan that had a goal of maintaining the racial balance. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:33:01 GMT /education/court-casts-doubt-on-race-conscious-student-assignment-plan/2011/11 /leadership/school-boundary-plan-divides-minn-suburb/2011/10 An assignment plan intended to keep schools socioeconomically balanced spurs a bitter debate in suburban Eden Prairie. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:42:53 GMT /leadership/school-boundary-plan-divides-minn-suburb/2011/10 /leadership/public-school-choice-pushed-in-michigan/2011/09 A multibill package would greatly expand the menu of open-enrollment-style options for parents and students. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:49:11 GMT /leadership/public-school-choice-pushed-in-michigan/2011/09 /leadership/n-c-superintendent-proposes-two-student-assignment-plans/2011/05 The options are about 65 to 70 percent complete, and now need community input, said Superintendent Anthony Tata. Tue, 24 May 2011 14:39:00 GMT /leadership/n-c-superintendent-proposes-two-student-assignment-plans/2011/05 /leadership/usda-bars-lunch-data-use-in-student-assignment-plan/2011/03 The USDA warned subsidized-lunch data are confidential and cannot be used to determine which schools students attend. Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:15:40 GMT /leadership/usda-bars-lunch-data-use-in-student-assignment-plan/2011/03 /leadership/debate-over-busing-in-wake-county-shows-signs-of-cooling/2011/02 The Wake County, N.C., school board has drawn national attention—and many protests—for abandoning a busing plan based on socioeconomic diversity but a compromise plan may be in the works. Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:41:24 GMT /leadership/debate-over-busing-in-wake-county-shows-signs-of-cooling/2011/02 /leadership/detroit-students-see-score-bump-after-school-mergers/2010/06 A majority of Detroit schools involved in mergers posted higher reading and math test scores, an initial district-produced analysis shows. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:38:00 GMT /leadership/detroit-students-see-score-bump-after-school-mergers/2010/06 /leadership/jefferson-co-schools-sued-over-student-assignment-plan/2010/06 Jefferson County, Ky.'s student-assignment plan is the subject of a new lawsuit which contends the plan violates a state law that gives students a right to attend the school nearest to his or her home. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:49:07 GMT /leadership/jefferson-co-schools-sued-over-student-assignment-plan/2010/06 /policy-politics/opinion-the-future-of-racially-integrated-schools/2010/05 In the wake of a 2007 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, Zoë Burkholder looks to her town’s new school-assignment plan as a way other districts might ensure racial balance in their schools without considering race. Thu, 27 May 2010 00:31:34 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-the-future-of-racially-integrated-schools/2010/05 /leadership/socioeconomics-replacing-race-in-school-assignments/2010/05 Advocates hope to clear the path—blocked by the Supreme Court—to racial diversity in schools, through the use of poverty measures. Sat, 08 May 2010 00:42:39 GMT /leadership/socioeconomics-replacing-race-in-school-assignments/2010/05 /leadership/busing-fight-highlights-struggles-with-diversity/2010/04 A North Carolina school board's decision to stop busing to achieve socioeconomic diversity comes as districts elsewhere adjust to a changed legal landscape. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:23:35 GMT /leadership/busing-fight-highlights-struggles-with-diversity/2010/04 /education/wake-county-n-c-board-rejects-diversity-based-assignment-plan/2010/03 Police removed protesters last week from a heated Wake County, N.C., school board meeting in which board members voted to abandon a student-assignment and diversity policy with roots dating back three decades. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:35:18 GMT /education/wake-county-n-c-board-rejects-diversity-based-assignment-plan/2010/03 /policy-politics/ocr-race-letter-draws-objection/2008/09 The Department of Education’s office for civil rights has weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 decision on school districts’ consideration of race in assigning students to schools. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:52:16 GMT /policy-politics/ocr-race-letter-draws-objection/2008/09 /policy-politics/louisville-district-unveils-new-student-assignment-plan/2008/01 The district proposed a new system that it hopes will maintain racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity in its schools without running afoul of the law. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:10:57 GMT /policy-politics/louisville-district-unveils-new-student-assignment-plan/2008/01