Before Brown v. Board, Another Segregation Case Changed Public Schools

White teacher gets new life for race discrimination suit vs Evanston D65 – Legal Newsline

In the June 23 ruling, U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp Jr. said the Supreme Court rulings make clear that racial segregation is always problematic under the law, no matter if it is being practiced to help a socially disadvantaged group or correct longstanding gaps and inequities caused by past societal discrimination. So, the judge said, teacher Stacy Deemar has a valid claim against Evanston-Skokie School District 65 for creating a hostile anti-white work environment in schools.

Judge resurrects white teacher’s suit alleging racial segregation

Five years after a drama teacher sued her Chicago-area school district for racially segregating employees and students in the name of antiracism and promoting hostility against whites like herself – allegations upheld by the first Trump administration and ignored by its predecessor — the judge who tossed Stacy Deemar’s first case has partially greenlit her []...Click to read more

The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating

A pair of consecutive court actions this week brought renewed attention to policies in Republican-led states to control lessons and conversations on gender and race in public colleges and universities. A group of legal advocates sued the Texas Tech University system Wednesday over curriculum restrictions they say have created a chilling effect at the institution []

Independent Association of Support Staff faces internal governance dispute

Questions over governance, eligibility rules, and internal democracy continue to divide the Independent Association of Support Staff (IASS), the union representing integration aides and other support staff at the Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB), as members dispute both past

Justice Jackson’s birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story of the nation’s search for equality

In the annals of Supreme Court decisions, the public likely remembers what justices wrote for the court in famous cases, such as the Brown v. Board of Education ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools. Or perhaps the public ...