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Families that won quota suit move to block this week's registration: In November of 1999, lawyers for some Chinese American families sought a restraining order to stop the enrollment process for San Francisco public schools. Their concern was that, in an effort to guarantee diversity, San Francisco was denying admission to prestigious public schools to some Chinese American students. Find out how and why in Julian Guthrie's S.F. Examiner article.

School Busing Is Ended in City Where It Began: In Charlotte, North Carolina, where it all began, a federal ruling has brought busing for desegregation to a halt. Find out why from this article originally in the New York Times.

Racial Segregation Growing in Public Schools, Study Finds: California schools are heading into "hypersegregation," a new study shows. The cities are called a lost cause, but some experts say we need to act now to save the suburbs. Others see this as a hopeless battle to stop the effects of immigration, economics, and housing patterns. Richard Lee Colvin of the L.A. Times gives us a peek at the battleground.

The End of Integration: Is the ACLU right? Have the courts given up on desegregation of public schools? Do the words "separate but equal" have a sweeter ring as we enter the 21st century? What about the idea that separate is inherently unequal? Across the nation, both of these conflicting concepts are being played out. In this Time Magazine article, James S. Kunen looks at race and where it fits into the current American ideal of quality education. NOTE: You must register and pay to download this article from Time. Scroll down the linked page to "Search the Archive" and search under the article title.