MN school desegregation lawsuit heads back to court after Legislature declines to act on settlement

Sep 13, 2021 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    8% Negative

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"When the Miesota Supreme Court revived the lawsuit in 2018, it wrote in a footnote that It is self-evident that a segregated system of public schools is not 'general,' 'uniform,' 'thorough,' or 'efficient.'"
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28% Conservative
"Shulman has suggested numerous ways the government may be responsible for demographic imbalances in the schools, such as enacting open enrollment laws, exempting charter schools from integration rules and through the Department of Education's soft stance against districts that intentionally segregate."
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-2% Liberal
"Jack Perry, attorney for two charter schools that intervened in the case, said a finding of segregation alone is not enough for the judge to rule in the plaintiffs' favor at this stage."
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-10% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : When the Minnesota Supreme Court revived the lawsuit in 2018, it wrote in a footnote that "It is self-evident that a segregated system of public schools is not 'general,' 'uniform,' 'thorough,' or 'efficient.'"
49% : Shulman has suggested numerous ways the government may be responsible for demographic imbalances in the schools, such as enacting open enrollment laws, exempting charter schools from integration rules and through the Department of Education's soft stance against districts that intentionally segregate.
45% : Jack Perry, attorney for two charter schools that intervened in the case, said a finding of segregation alone is not enough for the judge to rule in the plaintiffs' favor at this stage.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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