A group led by Obama administration alumni and supported by major liberal foundations is advocating for policy changes to ensure diversity in public schools.
In July, the Southern Education Foundation launched Brown's Promise, an organization focused on advancing litigation and research aimed at increasing racial diversity in public schools. according to Go to the organization's website. The two worked in the Obama administration's Department of Education. take the lead And the Southern Education Foundation received hundreds of thousands of dollars from left-wing charities such as: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, new venture fund, Tides Foundation And that ford foundation in recent years.
Brown's Promise plans to support racial integration lawsuits that seek to force more “racial balance” in the state's public schools, similar to ongoing lawsuits in Minnesota and New Jersey, according to Wall Street. The Journal reported. report. (Related: Parents protest elite high school lottery system used to increase diversity)
The New Jersey lawsuit seeks to allow students from urban school districts to transfer to suburban schools, but the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the plaintiffs in the state lawsuit believe that “racial disparity” is “improper,” according to the WSJ. The court ruled that students must prove that they are contributing to an “adequate education.”
Schools could be subject to racial quotas, said Nekima Levy Armstrong, former director of the Minneapolis NAACP and attorney representing charter schools that could be affected by the Minnesota lawsuit. I was concerned about that., WSJ reported.
Armstrong also said his daughters didn't feel welcome at the diverse school in suburban Minneapolis, so he transferred them to a predominantly black charter school that was “culture-affirming,” according to WSJ. reported.
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The Supreme Court recently ruled that racial discrimination in higher education admissions is unconstitutional. Similarly, the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that authorities cannot assign students to schools based on race, the Journal reported. report.
According to the Journal, Brown's Promise is currently working with attorneys in Colorado to consider possible racial integration litigation in that state.
“I thought about Deseg.[regation] attorney Kathleen Gebhardt told the Journal.
Brown's Promise, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the New Venture Fund, the Tides Foundation and the Ford Foundation did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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