Education – Page 27 – 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.

Asian-American Groups Accuse Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale of Bias in Admissions

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:17+00:00 May 23rd, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

A long list of Asian-American groups plans on Monday to call for federal investigations of Brown University, Dartmouth College, and Yale University for alleged discrimination in admissions.

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more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Tennessee Law Strips University Diversity Office Funding

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:17+00:00 May 23rd, 2016|Education|

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― A bill to strip funding from the diversity office at Tennessee’s flagship public university became law without Gov. Bill Haslam’s signature on Friday.

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How California protects transgender students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:17+00:00 May 18th, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

Last week, the Obama administration told schools they need to allow transgender students to experience every aspect of school as the gender they express.

T — we used her first initial to maintain her privacy — is a third-grade student in Los Angeles Unified School District who we wrote about Monday.

T began using the girls

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Catholic school in San Francisco lets transgender teacher keep job

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 16th, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

A teacher who came out as a transgender man at a Catholic high school in San Francisco has been allowed to keep his job by the order of the nuns that runs the school.

An order of the Sisters of Mercy announced its support for Gabriel Bodenheimer, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Schools offer lessons on accommodating transgender students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 16th, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

SAN FRANCISCO >> From locker rooms and sex education classes to dress codes and overnight field trips, many U.S. public schools already are balancing the civil rights of transgender students with any concerns that classmates, parents and community members might have.

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Cal State Long Beach president says visitors, students need not fear deportation

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 16th, 2016|Education, Immigration|

The president of Cal State Long Beach announced Friday that temporary orders put in place to protect undocumented people from being detained for immigration violations by campus police are now permanent.

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U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 13th, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.

‘Machete’ actor says racial tension needs student solution after Sylmar High brawl

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:18+00:00 May 12th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Frustrated over a major fracas that led to increased

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tensions at Sylmar High School, actor Danny Trejo, known for his violent cult films, had a message for school officials Wednesday: Listen to students for a solution.

The federal government wants colleges to limit questions about applicants’ criminal records

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:19+00:00 May 9th, 2016|Education, Police & Community|

U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. wants colleges to stop asking applicants about their criminal histories early in the admissions process, he will announce at UCLA on Monday.

Asking applicants for information about their criminal history can prevent them from finishing their applications, King says.

School districts are a big reason for the rise in income segregation in the U.S.

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:19+00:00 May 3rd, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

It’s no secret that in searching for a home, parents scrutinize nearby schools. The wealthy can afford to live in neighborhoods with small school districts, where most other students are wealthy, too.

Now, a new study out of USC confirms that this decision-making process is partially responsible for the rise in America’s income segregation between 1990 and 2010.