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The ruling by the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals against the plaintiffs came six months after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a decision powered by its 6-3 conservative majority ...
Students and others gather at Harvard University’s Science Center Plaza to rally in support of affirmative action after the Supreme Court ruling on July 1, 2023, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday to take up a case of Boston parents claiming an admissions policy had discriminated against White and Asian students. The Boston Parent Coalition for ...
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
Since 2020, efforts have been made by conservatives and others to challenge critical race theory (CRT) being taught in schools in the United States.Following the 2020 protests of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, as well as the killing of Breonna Taylor, school districts began to introduce additional curricula and create diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-positions to address ...
Racial disparities in high school completion are a prominent reason for racial imbalances in STEM fields. While only 1.8% of Asian and 4.1% of White students drop out of high school, 5.6% of Black, 7.7% of Hispanic, 8.0% of Pacific Islander, and 9.6% of American Indian/Alaskan Native students drop out of high school. [6]
(Virginia requires the school to accept 1.5% of the eighth-grade class at each of the district’s middle schools.) FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June ...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases on Monday that challenge race-based admissions policies at Harvard University, the nation's oldest private college, and the University of North ...