Marc F. Bernstein informs readers about the supreme court case that follows up on the Brown vs. Board of Education in his article "Should Race be a Factor in Assigning Students to Public Schools?"
According to Marc, "The specific issue before the court is whether the school districts can take account of students' races to ensure ethnic balance among the districts' schools. But the implications are far broader." "The U.S. Supreme Court decides two major cases this spring involving the use of race in assigning students to public schools within a district." This statement may seem surprising, but it is just asking for a balance, something all of us crave in our daily life. Such as a balance of good and evil, a balance of light and dark, the people that brought forth this case want a balance of ethnicities at the schools.
After talking to his son he learns one of the best skills in today societys is "getting along with people who are culturally different and not being judgmental of their customs." So passing this and making schools more diverse instead of having more whites here, and more asians here, would broaden students learning of different cultures instead of them being around people that are pretty much the same as them all day.
Bernstein further explains, "should schools be permitted to "balance" 3rd-grade classes in terms of boys and girls or students of different races or ethnicities? Can teachers "mix" small learning groups to include students from different backgrounds? Can preference be given to certain students with regard to entrance into elective programs when all other considerations are equal?" Something has to seperate students when grades, absences, and volunteer work are all equal. Could this be the deciding factor? Maybe it will, or maybe it will not, its all in the hands of the supreme court now.
Making schools more balanced could lessen the amount of discipline needed, or the amount of fights. It could raise the overall grade of the school. Many good things could come because of this, but also many bad things could come of this. We will just have to wait and see.
