Justice Department Could End Desegregation Orders in the South

Trump's Justice Department Is Pulling Back from School Desegregation in Louisiana

The move is of a piece with the Done Enough theory of race relations.

Trump Admin Ends Louisiana Desegregation Order, Opens Probe into Chicago Program for Black Students

In more education news, the Justice Department last week terminated a half-century-old school desegregation order in Louisiana. The Plaquemines Parish School Board came under a federal consent decree in 1966 for refusing to comply with the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawing segregation in schools. Trump’s DOJ said it is “correcting wrongs from the past.” In related news, the Education Department has launched an investigation…

Justice Department Could End Desegregation Orders in the South

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated. That could affect 30 Mississippi school districts that remain under desegregation orders. The post Justice Department Could End School Desegregation Orders Across the South, Potentially Affecting 30 Mississippi Distri…

DOE Launches Investigation Into Chicago Public Schools Over Black Student Success Program

The U.S. Education Department recently announced a new investigation of Chicago Public Schools, looking into its latest program dedicated to ensuring academic success for Black students to determine if it violates federal law.  Announced last Tuesday, the investigation’s roots stem back to February when the Parents Defending Education group, a conservative nonprofit that aims to [...] The post DOE Launches Investigation Into Chicago Public Schoo…