Equal Protection and Public EducationClassifications for Assigning Students to Specific Schools for Racial BalanceIn United States History, the Question of Race and How to Balance Racial differences have always existed in America. . The issue of race has impacted every part of this country, including education. The issue of desegregation and how to balance schools so that all students comply with the Fourteenth Amendment and decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education has indeed posed a challenge to American society. How Students Are Classified In the 1954 Court Decision In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional and violated the Fourteenth Amendment (Justia, n.d.). During the discussion, it was found that the separate but equal 1896 decision of Plessy v. Ferguson made black students feel inferior because white schools were superior of the two. Additionally, the ruling states that black students missed out on opportunities that could be provided under a desegregation system (Justia, n.d.). So the classification process and how to balance schools based on race began to take place. Despite the Supreme Court's decision ordering states to desegregate their schools, there has been some resistance to the decision. This prompted the Supreme Court to issue another decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (2) (nd). The decision in this case ordered states to immediately comply with Brown I's ruling. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that any program receiving federal funding and assistance may not make any discrimination based on race, national origin or skin tone. color. All students are allowed...... middle of paper ...... The issue of racial balance has even been raised in court for charter schools. Fear that charter schools could become segregated schools prompted the Beaufort County School Board's decision against the Lighthouse Charter School Committee in 2003. The decision stipulated that all charter schools in South Carolina would conform to school districts premises of their location. Several other states have also adopted a similar ruling regarding charter schools. (Gajendragadkar, 2006). In conclusion, the balance of schools is a permanent subject of discussion. There are now cases where blacks and Hispanics outnumber whites in school districts like Detroit. Pasadena also had a similar problem and decided to bus white children to urban areas until white families began leaving the district as a countermeasure (Green, 2007). Obviously this problem is still looking for a solution.