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Evans, Kerri; Perez-Aponte, Jaime; McRoy, Ruth – Education and Urban Society, 2020
The growing immigrant population in the United States consists of school-aged children who are in need of educational opportunities available through the country's existing educational system. Education, a basic human right, is mandated through compulsory education laws in the United States so that all children can learn, grow, and be prepared for…
Descriptors: Barriers, Enrollment, Immigrants, Minority Group Students
Thro, William E.; Russo, Charles J. – Education and Urban Society, 2009
In "Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1," a highly contentious and divided Supreme Court invalidated race-conscious admissions plans in two urban school systems, Seattle and Louisville. As such, "Parents Involved" was the latest chapter in the Court's almost 40-year history of reaching mixed…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Community Schools, Affirmative Action, School Districts
Ochoa, Theresa A.; Eckes, Suzanne E. – Education and Urban Society, 2005
Research indicates that a disproportionate number of minority students are assigned to special education programs in urban school districts. Oftentimes, these programs are inadequate and they deny minority students with special needs a free appropriate public education. These concerns are not only applicable to urban public schools; research also…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Minority Groups, Disabilities, Public Education
Mawdsley, Ralph D. – Education and Urban Society, 2004
In May 1954, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous 9-0 opinion in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas" ("Brown I," 1954). In holding that de jure segregation in public schools based on race violated the Equal Protection Clause, the Court prepared American society for a larger concept, namely that children in…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Racial Segregation, Public Schools, Equal Protection