Statement of American Social Scientists of Research on School Desegregation to the U.S. Supreme Court in "Parents v. Seattle School District" and "Meredith v. Jefferson County"

Autor/inn/en	Orfield, Gary; Frankenberg, Erica; Garces, Liliana M.
Titel	Statement of American Social Scientists of Research on School Desegregation to the U.S. Supreme Court in "Parents v. Seattle School District" and "Meredith v. Jefferson County"
Quelle	In: Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 40 (2008) 1, S.96-136 (41 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0972
DOI	10.1007/s11256-007-0073-7
Schlagwörter	Student Diversity; Social Science Research; Racial Integration; Courts; School Districts; Court Litigation; Social Scientists; School Desegregation; Racial Composition; Educational Environment; School Policy; Board of Education Policy; Kentucky; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Rassenintegration; Court; Gerichtshof; School district; Schulbezirk; Rechtsstreit; Social scientist; Sozialwissenschaftler; Integrative Schule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulpolitik
Abstract	In June 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review two related cases originating from school districts in Louisville, Kentucky and Seattle, Washington that involved voluntarily adopted racial integration plans. Concerned about the outcome of these cases, 553 social scientists submitted a social science statement to the Supreme Court summarizing the large body of social science research supporting the school districts' policies relevant to the Court's determination. The statement, reprinted here, supports three interrelated conclusions: (1) racially integrated schools provide significant benefits to students and communities; (2) racially isolated schools have harmful educational implications for students; and (3) race-conscious policies are necessary to maintain racial integration in schools. Because of the overwhelming amount of scholarly data, social scientists argued, as the lower courts had found, that the schools boards have a compelling interest to promote racial integration and prevent racial isolation through choice-based school assignment policies that consider race as a factor. On June 28, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the school assignment plans on the grounds that the plans were not narrowly tailored to the interests that the school districts had asserted. In addition to affecting the ability of school districts to maintain racially diverse schools, the decision has broad implications for researchers who seek to help school districts in these efforts. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10