Talking Points: The Supreme Court's School Diversity Cases (2007)

We recommend using the following messages to communicate the importance of pursuing inclusion in our schools, and outline the valid options for doing so.

The Supreme Court’s 2007 school integration decisions endorsed the importance of promoting racial integration and equal opportunity in our nation’s schools. Yet, because the Court issued several opinions and struck down certain approaches while upholding others, the decisions were not well understood by the public or policymakers and so need to be explaned strategically.