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Reports education-related developments in the United States as of May 2001. Conviction of Nathaniel Brazil for the murder of a teacher in Florida; Suicide of Jay Douglas Goodwin, a sophomore at Ennis High School Dallas, Texas; Elimination of the ban on racial preferences in the admission to the University of California.

Presents news briefs on education in the United States. Changes on a Michigan elementary social studies educational test question which was offensive to Islam and Judaism; Judgment on a discrimination lawsuit filed by Hispanic- and Afro-American high school students in Texas.

Focuses on the report released by the United States President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans about the education of Hispanics. Assessment tests for Hispanic students; Comments from Kati Haycock, director of Education Trust, about the report; Information on the lawsuit against the state of Texas for discrimination against Hispanic students.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund against Texas over claims that the standardized tests as exit tests for high school graduation are invalid and discriminatory. Request file by the group to stop the use of the high school graduation test as a requirement for earning a diploma.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by two white students against the federal court of Houston in Texas as an attack to the racial-balance policies of the district's public schools. Financing sources of the law suit; Arguments of the plaintiff.

Reports on news update of relevance to education as of April 24, 1996. US District Court approval of an agreement that outlines major changes for special education system in the Los Angeles school district; Texas education officials' suspension of a minority-scholarship program in the wake of a federal appeals court decision limiting the use of race in admissions decisions at the University of Texas Law School.

Reports on the Department of Education's office for civil rights' (OCR) planned investigation of a bias complaint filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People against Texas' high school graduation examination. Description of the state's examination system for high school students; Texas Education Agency's defense of the exit exams; Previous investigation on Ohio's exit test.