Education – Page 30 – 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.

Indio high school students asked to stop wearing anti-gay symbols ‘for now’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:24+00:00 March 2nd, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

California school district reversed course and now says it will ask students wearing anti-gay symbols to remove them while on campus–at least for now.

The problem with slut shaming in schools

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:16+00:00 February 22nd, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Mary “James” Salazar and her mother have always watched “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” together. That’s where they first encountered slut shaming. Victims on the TV show were blamed for their own sexual assault, or judged because of the clothes they’re wearing.

Why Disability Rights California is suing Pasadena Unified School District

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:17+00:00 February 22nd, 2016|Disability, Education|

A disability rights group has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Pasadena Unified School District alleging the school discriminates against students with behavioral issues by removing them from their local schools.

Read more in the Los Angeles Daily News.

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Under Fire From Lawmakers, a Flagship Tries to Explain Why Diversity Matters

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:17+00:00 February 17th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

When J.T. Taylor came to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville as a freshman, she immediately found a home at the Pride Center, which serves students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Ms. Taylor, a senior who is African-American and identifies as queer, says she has also benefited immensely from a mentoring

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The Flagship Diversity Divide

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:18+00:00 February 16th, 2016|Education|

Recent protests by student groups have drawn attention back to a broad and important question: How diverse are colleges, really?

Flagship institutions often find that question to be particularly pressing. Because of their public funding, there’s an expectation that their student bodies would resemble the demographics of the areas they serve. And increasingly, students want

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Expert Says Diverse Students Subjected to ‘Intellectual Apartheid’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:18+00:00 February 16th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

SAN FRANCISCO ― Zaretta Hammond grew up in a low-income, non-White neighborhood in San Francisco, born to a teen mother who was raising three children by age 22.

Before Hammond began her formal education, her mother visited the school where neighbors typically enrolled their children. She searched for an alternative, fearing the nearby school’s scant resources

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Antonin Scalia’s Death Probably Won’t Affect ‘Fisher,’ but It Could Change the Future of Affirmative Action

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:18+00:00 February 15th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations, Uncategorized|

The death on Saturday of Antonin Scalia, the sharp-tongued justice who shaped constitutional debates for nearly 30 years, could end up shifting the Supreme Court’s ideological balance. But his absence is unlikely to affect the highly anticipated ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the pending legal challenge to race-conscious college-admissions policies. In short,

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Survey Forecasts More Heat for College Campuses

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:18+00:00 February 12th, 2016|Education|

U.S. colleges and universities are experiencing increased student activism as young people protest escalating college costs and hostile racial climates on their campuses. And, findings from a new report suggest that participation in demonstrations may intensify in the coming months.

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Transgender student’s use of locker room causes stir at San Diego high school

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:19+00:00 February 11th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

teenager who was born female and uses the boys’ locker room at Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego has triggered a dispute over a state law that seeks to accommodate transgender students.

A Poway Unified School District board meeting was packed Tuesday night with people raising questions about student rights.

After Racist Episodes, Blunt Discussions on Campus

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:19+00:00 February 4th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Scott N. Brooks, draped in a dapper shawl-collar sweater, looked out on the auditorium of mostly white students in puffy coats and sweats as they silently squirmed at his question. Why, he had asked, does Maria Sharapova, a white Russian tennis player, earn nearly twice as much in endorsements as

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