2008 Wheelock College Winter Policy Talks
Racially-based School Placement: The Supreme Court Speaks
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What is the ruling? What factors led up to the ruling? What other rulings impacted the outcome of this ruling? What does the ruling mean for schools and families? Stephanie C. Malone Esq., a member of the legal team for the Jefferson County Board of Education Louisville, Ky., will be the keynote speaker.
What is the impact of the ruling on communities, schools practitioners, families and students?
What do we need to do to support families and professionals? Charles Vert Willie, Ph.D., the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus at the Harvard University School of Education, will be the keynote speaker.
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Time:
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Location:
Ladd Multipurpose Room
Wheelock College
43 Hawes St.
Brookline, MAFor more information, please contact:
Ronette Lyle
Faculty Assistant
rlyle@wheelock.edu
The third-annual Wheelock College Winter Policy Talks is a series of three dialogues that will examine the Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved In Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education that limits the use of race in school placement.
Racially-based school placement historically has been a topic of
great controversy within the American educational system.
Since the landmark class-action decision Brown
v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, the methods and implications
of school desegregation remain a political lightning rod across the nation—from
small towns to Capitol Hill. For decades, educators and activists have
sought to reconcile the American education system’s inability to provide
full, equitable access to all when racism and class bias manipulates who benefits
and who is neglected.
In the cases of Parents Involved In Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to limit the use of race in school integration plans. The June 2007 decision has fomented nation-wide concern among school administrations regarding the constitutionality of their own desegregation policies.
At issue is not only the justness of assigning school access based on race alone, but the practical implications of the decision for school districts throughout the country.
Wheelock College’s 2008 Winter Policy Talks seek to answer some of the questions integral to this debate:
- Do children of color—with similar backgrounds and incomes equal to their white counterparts—face systemic discrimination?
- How do societal racism and classism manipulate the current educational system?
- Does differential treatment influence what happens beyond the classroom?
- How do school districts constitutionally pursue integration through narrowly tailored programs?
We hope you will join us for this in-depth, three-part series which will look at the court case which could change the landscape of the American education system.
