By Lee A. Daniels
Last May, the Chicago Tribune, began publishing dozens of articles on how the “clout” admissions game worked at the state’s flagship university. Those stories’ revelations were subsequently confirmed by the scathing report of a special committee of investigation chaired by Abner Mikva, the former Congressman and federal judge.

By Smita Ghosh
Virginia City Considers Apology for School Segregation — Westchester Lawmakers Put Off Vote on Historic Housing Desegregation Settlement — TUSD: Discipline Colorblind — Help with Aid Form Found to Boost College Attendance — Latest Challenge in ‘Race to Top’: Find Review Team for Applicants — National Standards: Has the Time Finally Come? — N.Y.C. Charters Found to Close Gaps — Study Finds Mayor Bloomberg’s Boast on Graduation Rates Misleading — A Political Swirl on Charter Schools.

By Smita Ghosh
Complaint Says Nonprofit Biased…Seattle Schools Moving Ahead with New Student-Assignment Plan…Williams Eyes Cuts in Busing, Return to Neighborhood Schools…Initiative Focuses on Early Learning Programs…Memphis City Schools Focus on Interventions to Help Students…Debate Simmers Over School Expulsions

By Lee A. Daniels
The bizarre claims about Obama’s motives for giving the speech made by some white politicos and parents in recent weeks never had anything to do with the substance of the President’s talk. They were aimed at President Obama himself.

By TaRessa Stovall
Due to an innovative diversity effort that emphasizes where students come from rather than the color of their skin, most Berkeley, California, elementary schools are so well-integrated they may serve as a model for other schools around the nation.

By The Editors
A federal district judge Monday upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process, declaring that university officials had followed the diversity guidelines set by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003.

By Smith Ghosh
District Court Judge revisits student assignment in Louisville… history of Virginia’s “massive resistance” to integration critically recounted… New Orleans parents discuss opposition to district’s desegregation plan… Massachusetts officials announce supportive charter school policy… Harvard researchers encourage regional charter schools to promote student integration… D.C. mayor reverses City Council decisions that would limit his control of education… New York City principal accuses charter schools of “dumping” challenged students.

By Smita Ghosh
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) was honored recently for its 2008 battle against deceptive anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives in five states.

By The Editors
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), which had filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, said in a statement that the Court’s action “is likely to make it more difficult for courts to provide meaningful and lasting remedies for clear violations of federal law.”

By The Editors
On June 11th, 2009, the California Supreme Court decided not to review a case challenging the student assignment plan in Berkeley, California, which means that the California Appellate Court’s March 17, 2009 decision upholding the plan stands.