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The article focuses on U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to race integration in schools. Particular attention is given to the case of racial integration in Louisville Kentucky, where a white student was denied admission to a school because of district diversity requirements. Comments on the issue of racial integration in schools are provided by Justice John G. Roberts, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

This article profiles Muslim children in Queens, New York. Schools such as the Muslim Center of New York and the Jamaica Muslim Center, both located in Queens, have emerged. As Muslim populations have grown in the U.S., especially South Asian Muslim populations, they have established schools to give their children a Muslim education.

This article discusses the racially charged issue of school vouchers and its effects on the 2006 mayoral race in Newark, New Jersey. The support of school vouchers by candidate Cory Booker has critics decrying him as a proxy for conservatives that want to privatize Newark's school system. Opposing candidate Ronald L. Rice has gained the support of Newark's teachers union for his criticism of Booker's proposed voucher program.

This article discusses the shifting demographics of the state Vermont, as more students choose to study out of the state for college. Vermont has the lowest birthrate among U.S. states, as well as the highest rate of students attending college out of state. Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has proposed relaxing building restrictions throughout the state, encouraging environmental technology development, as well as giving college scholarships for students who remain in Vermont after graduating. INSET: An Aging State.

The article reports on the inaccuracy of the 100% attendance of students in schools following snow and ice storm in New York City.

Three decades after the Supreme Court ruled that immigration violations cannot be used as a basis to deny children equal access to a public school education, one in five school districts in New York State is routinely requiring a child's immigration papers as a prerequisite to enrollment, or asking parents for information that only lawful immigrants can provide. The New York Civil Liberties Union, which culled a list of 139 such districts from hundreds of registration forms and instructions posted online, has not found any children turned away for lack of immigration paperwork. But it warned in a letter to the state's education commissioner on Wednesday that the requirements listed by many registrars, however free of discriminatory intent, ''will inevitably discourage families from enrolling in school for fear that they would be reported to federal immigration authorities.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

STEPHANIE PEDERSON, an author of books on beauty and health and the mother of a kindergartner named Leif, first became aware of the problem in September. It was Leif's first day at Public School 116, on East 33rd Street in Kips Bay, and Ms. Pederson had just arrived to drop him off. ''When I saw how large his class was, my heart just sank,'' she said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on school zoning rules set by Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein that narrow the authority of district parent councils in New York City. The issue of geographic boundaries for elementary and middle school that affect school enrollment; Views of the city's Education Department general counsel, Michael Best, Assemblyman Steven Sanders, and others; Reaction of district council members to the new regulations and how they were presented to parent councils.

Examines how Kenya and other African nations are contending with teaching the millions of children who have entered schools as countries have made primary education free. Example of Rebecca Mwanyonyo's classroom in Malindi, Kenya, where class sizes have grown; Appearance of disadvantaged children in many classrooms; Pressures on the often ill-managed education systems; Topic of African children and poverty; Classroom conditions; Why the idea of free education has gained powerful momentum; Concerns of experts over the drive to expand enrollment rapidly.

Reports that at prestigious universities around the United States, increasing numbers of students are from upper-income families. Importance of the issue for higher education; Reasons for the change in the student population, including steep tuition increases and the efforts of wealthy parents to prepare their children to apply to the best schools; Description of an affluent student's life at universities such as the University of Michigan.

Deals with the forecast by the United States federal government on the rise of elementary and secondary enrollment throughout the 21st century. Details on the enrollment figure released by Education Secretary Richard Riley; Reason for the rise in school enrollment; Effects on college applications.

Discusses delay in kindergarten classes in New York City due to problem of overcrowding. Reasons for overcrowding; Order by Board of Education; Problems of increase in enrollment and lack of funds for space; Response of parents to problem; Violation of health code on number of children in class; Problems in three districts of Queens.

Opinion. Focuses on the developments in the City University of New York [CUNY]. Collapse of educational standards and hostility to spending money for public education; Similarity between earlier and present graduates; Data on the features of CUNY; Procedure regarding enrollment; Views of CUNY's critics on the system in practice.

Reports the effort of colleges to draw more students to their courses. Manipulation of ranking by the colleges; Unethical practices by colleges to attract students.

Reports a decline in college and university enrollments in the United States at the start of the 1994-95 academic year. Details of the American Council on Education's survey on enrollments in various states; Possible reasons for the decline; Enrollment statistics in various states.

Reports on problems arising as a consequence of overcrowding at the John F. Kennedy High School in the Marble Hill area. Response of residents; Cost-reduction plan of the Board of Education.

Talks about the plans of New York City Schools Chancellor Ramon C. Cortines regarding year-round schooling to cope with school overcrowding problem. Examination on the basis of the problem by the Citizens' Commission on Planning and Enrollment Growth, the advisory group of Cortines.