New Jersey put off educational fairness for more than 25 years before announcing that it would abide by the ruling in Abbott v. Burke, the most important equal education ruling since Brown v. Board of Education.
The educational slide the ruling describes dates from the city's brush with bankruptcy in the mid-70's, the justice wrote.
Because for the first time since Sept. 11, a Muslim leader has dared to acknowledge publicly the real problem: that Muslim extremism has been rooted in the educational systems and ruling arrangements of many of their societies, and it has left much of the Muslim world in a backward state.
Sheldon E. Steinbach, vice president and general counsel for the American Council on Education, a trade group that represents universities and other educational institutions, called the ruling "magnificent" but said he was not surprised by it because of the labor board's changed lineup.
Norman Chachkin, director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the ruling "sends a pretty clear message that there is a heavy burden on white plaintiffs attacking plans to demonstrate that it is really not politics, but it is race" that led to the districting map.
Legal issues aside, there are educational questions raised by the ruling, said Charles Wilson, the superintendent of Pelham schools.
Maria Blanco, national senior counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said yesterday's ruling upholding the law school's admissions policy "says in effect that employers can give a plus to race, as long as it's not a quota.
Nancy Ramirez, counsel for the Mexican American Legal and Educational Defense Fund (MALDEF), said the ruling would bring "accountability" to the sheriff's office.
In the 50 years since the Brown vs. the Board of Education ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," researchers have thoroughly validated the deep wisdom in the Supreme Court's unanimous decision.
And as professionals – once beneficiaries of the ruling Ba'ath party's educational and employment policies – have become opponents, other key elements appear to be deserting the regime.
