Hispanic students

The UCSD medical school is accused by the DOJ of using a diversity tactic to prioritize Black and Hispanic students, which is deemed illegal. The DOJ states these efforts are 'blatant' and vows to end them.

Preliminary TCAP data for 2025-2026 shows improved test scores for Nashville students overall, but significant disparities persist for Black, Hispanic, and students with disabilities. The Tennessee Department of Education and advocacy group SCORE analyzed the data, revealing uneven academic growth across subgroups.

The article highlights a divide in Democratic Party support for school choice based on income and race, with higher-income and more educated Democrats opposing it while Black, Hispanic, and lower-income Democrats are more supportive. Charter schools, the most common form of publicly funded school choice, disproportionately serve marginalized communities, reflecting demand for alternatives to underperforming schools in urban areas. Critics of school choice, often affluent families who already access private or district-specific options, are accused of holding 'luxury beliefs' that ignore the constraints faced by lower-income families.

The Trump administration's Justice Department is accused of misusing civil rights laws to target UCLA and Yale for admitting high-achieving Black and Hispanic students, claiming the schools discriminated against white and Asian applicants. The article argues the department's findings ignore comprehensive applicant data and rely on statistically insignificant score differences.

Newark Public Schools' enrollment decreased by 764 students in the 2025-26 school year, the first decline since 2019, driven by drops in multilingual learners, white, and Black student populations. The district's Hispanic student enrollment grew slightly, while early and transition grade levels saw the sharpest declines.