

Specifically, the author uses CRT to analyze the historical and contemporary conditions of two adjacent school districts and to connect the conditions in these districts to the PICS ruling. A second purpose of this article is to illustrate the important role that critical race theory (CRT) can play in viewing these issues. As such, the focus is less on the specific impact on student assignment policies and more on the broader picture of desegregation and education. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: One purpose of this article is to examine larger landscape of contemporary views in which the PICS decision is situated. schools, the PICS decision is also significant for what it reflects about the climate surrounding school segregation.


Although the ruling certainly has important practical implications for the desegregation of U.S. 1 (hereafter referred to as PICS), the court deemed race-based strategies used to voluntarily desegregate school districts to be unconstitutional. In Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Supreme Court ruled to prohibit student assignment on the basis of race. Background/Context: In June 2007, the U.S.
