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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.

Racial Disparities in Higher Education: an Overview

By | November 10th, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Racism on American campuses is a matter of national concern again this week following protests at the University of Missouri at Columbia that led on Monday to the resignations of both the campus’s chancellor and the system’s president.

Protesters unhappy with the administration’s response to several incidents in which African-American students were the targets of racial slurs

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As Transgender Students Make Gains, Schools Hesitate at Bathrooms

By | November 4th, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

CHICAGO — Asked to call a transgender boy by a male name he has chosen for himself, teachers and administrators around the country have leaned toward a simple response: Sure. Allow a high school student who was born male but identifies as female to join the volleyball team? Fine.

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Illinois District Violated Transgender Student’s Rights, U.S. Says

By | November 3rd, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

CHICAGO — Federal education authorities, staking out their firmest position yet on an increasingly contentious issue, found Monday that an Illinois school district violated anti-discrimination laws when it did not allow a transgender student who identifies as a girl and participates on a girls’ sports team to change and shower

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Defending Affirmative Action

By | November 2nd, 2015|Education|

No consensus exists in American society about the practice of colleges considering race in admissions decisions. Since the 1970s, colleges have been doing so to try to enroll diverse classes of students (and of course under Jim Crow many colleges considered race to prevent diversity). But the practice has always been controversial — and voters

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Violent South Carolina classroom arrest adds to ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ debate

By | October 28th, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

 

It happens so often in classrooms that it’s almost unremarkable. A student sends a text during class, plays a video game on an iPad or mouths off, drawing a reprimand from the teacher.

Then what?

At Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., a similar scenario ended Monday when a white sheriff’s deputy — summoned after an

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College Athletic Departments Dropping Ball on LGBT Inclusion

By | October 26th, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

Last week, Athlete Ally celebrated a number of individuals who have been instrumental to advancing the support of LGBT athletes across the sports world. But even as the organization celebrated the likes of former NFL defensive end Michael Sam, former NBA star Grant Hill, former NBA commissioner David Stern and women’s tennis pioneer Dr. Renee

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College Access Remains Major Hurdle for Hispanics, AAPIs in California

By | October 26th, 2015|Education|

While the number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and Hispanics continues to steadily increase throughout California, these groups still do not have equal access to the state’s colleges and universities.

Those are the findings detailed in a new report called Striking Gold in the Golden State: Harnessing the Power of Minority Serving Institutions,” released by the

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