As states reckon with racial enrollment and attainment gaps in higher education, some have made efforts to address them through their higher education funding. Two common approaches are outcomes-based funding (OBF) and Promise programs, as each can be designed with an explicit race equity lens. This report summarizes a two-year study examining the…

Over the past three decades, children from low-income families and those from more affluent families have increasingly been attending different public schools. While recent work has helped us understand patterns of income segregation between districts and schools within districts, we know very little about segregation of students as they…

Historically, Latin@s have experienced deficit thinking as it relates to their perceived academic abilities. In North Carolina's emerging Latin@ population, the first waves of K-12 students are writing a new chapter in the state's history. Yet, there is a dearth of research that focuses on the identities of academically successful Latin@ students…

Some private, religious schools that accept vouchers have been accused of discriminating against certain populations of students through their admissions processes. Discriminating against disfavored groups (e.g., racial minorities, LGBT students, students with disabilities, religious minorities) in voucher programs raises both legal and policy…

In the postbellum southern U.S., African Americans were steadily disenfranchised, a modern publicly financed universal school system with racially segregated schools was created, and public school monies were allocated so that white pupils received substantially more than black pupils. An earlier paper (Ng and Halcoussis 2003) established a…

The purpose of the report is to inform students, parents, school personnel, and officials of the legal issues related to harassment, bullying, and discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students. This report describes existing research on the current school climate for LGBT youth as well as the harmful effects of…

In this article, the author introduces Eusebio Montoya, Smithfield-Selma High School senior and soccer player with his sights set on college, who faces hurdles shared by nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants nationwide. Known as "Sabs," Eusebio Montoya came to Smithfield, North Carolina, as a 4th grader speaking no English. A high…

The North Carolina Supreme Court considered the Federal separate-but-equal mandate as manifesting the law of nature. Separation of Black and White children was justified on grounds that their differences were so great that any attempt to educate them together would be dangerous to the State's welfare. (CMG)

Since 1835 when a state constitutional convention denied them the right to attend school, the Lumbee Indians of Robeson County, North Carolina have established a strong educational system. Although another constitutional convention in 1868 mandated public school terms for all children, the county had few schools until 1885 and no schools…

This manual is designed to aid secondary school administrators and other school personnel in avoiding illegal discrimination--while sustaining educational standards--through proper planning and managing of vocational education programs. Chapter 1 concerns civil rights compliance in vocational education by superintendents and local directors…