Review the Academic Content Standards related to this lesson. Discuss how education affects a person's future and whether the quality of education in public school differs for students based on race, location and other factors. Evaluate how some communities and courts in America are currently handling the Supreme Court ruling that prohibits segregated schools. Support or refute in essay form the position that separate educational facilities are unconstitutional, or focus on new or proposed initiatives to resolve the issue.
Students then share their answers.
Offer a brief explanation of the voucher system and school choice. Divide students into nine small groups. Give each group a large sheet of paper and a marker. On the paper, each group summarizes and evaluates what their assigned entity is promoting with regards to the education issues outlined in the article and explores how the outcomes of that entity or concept might impact American life. Students should refer to the featured article for specific quotations or other indications of their group's actions.