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ABC in St. Louis reports on the White case

May 25, 2016 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

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Preliminary injunction filed in St. Louis segregation case

May 11, 2016 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

This afternoon we filed a motion for preliminary injunction in White v. Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation. This is our challenge to a St. Louis-area policy that prevents black kids — and only black kids — from transferring from St. Louis County into public schools in the City of St. Louis. This is a blatant, invidious, unjust ...

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It's the discrimination, stupid

May 04, 2012 | By RALPH KASARDA

After the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania finished spending millions of dollars to modernize its two high schools, it decided to “equalize” student attendance.  District planners intended to force the same number of students to enroll at each school by redistricting the school assignment zones.  Parents and students were ...