Education – Page 25 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

Next to complaints relating to law enforcement, the concern for schools and education generates the greatest demand for the attention of human relations commissions. Because school decision making is diffused between boards of education, school administrators, and faculties human rights commissions are usually not able to establish strong working relationships with the education community and special strategies need to be developed.

Outstanding resources and model programs are available that cover just about every facet of education that would be of concern to a commission. Commissions may form education committees to examine specific needs, identify resources and programs, and develop strategies.

In Brooklyn, Stifling Higher Learning Among Hasidic Women

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:13+00:00 September 6th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

In the mid-1940s, Joel Teitelbaum, an eminent and charismatic rabbi, immigrated to the United States, colonizing a section of Williamsburg in Brooklyn for his Hasidic sect, the Satmar, its name taken from the Hungarian town of Szatmar, where Rabbi Teitelbaum had fought to resist the encroachments of a modernizing society.

Seeking Same-Race Roommates

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:14+00:00 August 15th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Minority student at Pitzer advertised for nonwhite roommate. Her president was critical. Does reaction ignore reality that many white students get white roommates all the time?

Read more in Inside Higher Ed.

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Racial Gaps: Does the Public Care?

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:14+00:00 August 12th, 2016|Education|

New study documents continuing gaps (and some progress) in educational attainment of black and Latino students compared to white and Asian students. Another

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study suggests most people aren’t that worried about the issue.

Read more in Inside Higher Ed.

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Op-Ed: How LAUSD successfully tackled the racial divide in 1969

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:14+00:00 August 9th, 2016|Education|

We are products of the Los Angeles public schools, longtime residents of the city, and most importantly friends. We became friends even though the odds were stacked against us. It happened in 1969 when the two of us — one black, one white — ended up at school together as the Los Angeles Unified School District finally

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San Bernardino County reaches resolution with federal government over disabled students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:15+00:00 August 8th, 2016|Disability, Education|

San Bernardino County has reached an agreement with the

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federal government after an investigation found that it violated

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federal law by not having a system in place to identify students with disabilities in

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Some California charter schools discriminate in admissions, ACLU report says

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:15+00:00 August 8th, 2016|Education|

Tom Brown was scrolling through his news feed on Monday

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afternoon when he found the school he runs on a list that made him gasp.

Ceiba College Preparatory Academy in Watsonville, south of Santa Cruz, was one of 253 California charter schools flagged for discriminatory admissions practices in a new

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Legal Discrimination

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:15+00:00 August 1st, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

Federal appeals court says former adjunct may not use Title VII, a federal antidiscrimination statute, to sue a college for bias based on her sexual orientation.

Read more in Inside Higher Ed.

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Bill would prevent LGBT discrimination at religious schools

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:15+00:00 August 1st, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The conflict between religious freedom and gay rights has a new battleground — California’s religious colleges and universities.

A bill moving through the Legislature would remove a longstanding exemption from anti-discrimination laws for religious institutions, potentially exposing the schools to civil rights lawsuits from students and employees.

Disturbed by Protests, State Lawmakers Appoint a Panel to Audit the U. of Missouri

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:17+00:00 July 15th, 2016|Education|

After a tumultuous year at the University of Missouri, state legislators haven’t kept quiet.

Even before protests rocked the Columbia campus last fall, Republican lawmakers had targeted its relationship with Planned Parenthood, prompting the cancellation of 10 agreements with the organization. After the protests, legislators threatened to withhold university funding if Melissa Click, the professor caught on camera obstructing

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Poll: Public Opposes Affirmative Action

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:18+00:00 July 8th, 2016|Education|

Supreme Court decision, praised by college leaders, is opposed by nearly two-thirds of adult Americans. Support is higher for considering athletic ability or alumni child status than race in admissions.

Read more in Inside Higher Ed.

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