Education – Page 29 – 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.

Mendez vs. segregation: 70 years later, famed case ‘isn’t just about Mexicans. It’s about everybody coming together’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:22+00:00 April 18th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

As a child, Sylvia Mendez thought her parents’ court case was all about a playground.

That’s because in 1944, the school bus would drop her off at the white school, which had “manicured lawns” and a “beautiful playground,” but she wasn’t allowed there. Instead, she would have to keep walking down the street to the Mexican

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iddle Eastern Students Ask, Is Idaho State Safe?

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:22+00:00 April 15th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

bout 50 Idaho State University students from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have reported that their homes have been burglarized over a period of several weeks, leading some to contemplate transferring and jeopardizing the university’s flow of students from the Middle East. In some cases hateful messages were left behind in the students’ homes, according to

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Inland Empire Muslim students stereotyped, ridiculed fight back with information

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:23+00:00 April 13th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

When Shahriyar Mustafiz started a Muslim Student Association at his high school in Moreno Valley, another student jokingly asked if they would be teaching people how to make a bomb.

A year earlier, as a Valley View High School sophomore, some students pushed and shoved him in the locker room because of his religion around the

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Students Say Free Speech Is Alive, With One Big Exception

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:23+00:00 April 7th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The college campus, long a home to spirited protests and expressions of provocative opinions, can also be home to safe spaces, trigger warnings, news media restrictions and rules about what can be written in chalk on the sidewalks.

Restroom UnrestRestroom Unrest

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:23+00:00 March 28th, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

New North Carolina law requires public colleges to segregate bathrooms by biological birth gender, forcing transgender students and faculty members to use facilities that don’t reflect their identities. UPDATE: Three university employees sue.

Graduation Gap Widens

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

Public colleges are increasing students’ overall graduation rates, but a study finds the gap between black and white students continues to widen.

A Rare Focus on All-Male Groups

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:23+00:00 March 18th, 2016|Education|

Harvard singled out its final clubs as especially dangerous places for women. Victims’ advocates and researchers argue more colleges should take a similarly hard look at fraternities.

Charter Schools Suspend Black and Disabled Students More, Study Says

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:24+00:00 March 17th, 2016|Disability, Education, Intergroup Relations|

Black students are four times as likely to be suspended from charter schoolsas white students, according to a new analysis of federal education data. And students with disabilities, the study found, are suspended two to three times the rate of nondisabled students in charter schools.

Advocacy Groups Demand NCAA Part Ways with Title IX Exempt Schools

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:24+00:00 March 14th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

A coalition of more than 80 advocacy groups, including Campus Pride and SoulForce, are demanding that the NCAA divest from all religious institutions who have requested a Title IX exemption pertaining to religious rights. The exemption allows schools to waive portions of Title IX that might apply to students, faculty and staff who are transgender

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Op-Ed: How Mexican immigrants ended ‘separate but equal’ in California

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:24+00:00 March 3rd, 2016|Education, Immigration, Intergroup Relations|

In the coverage of the 2016 election cycle, you’ll hear this time and again: Latinos — immigrants and their families — are playing an important role in electing the next U.S. president. They are the largest minority group in the nation, and they are poised to make a major impact on American democracy.