Education – Page 42 – 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.

Candidate’s Vow to Kill Tuition Law Makes Some in His Party Squirm

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 September 22nd, 2014|Education, Immigration|

If elected lieutenant governor in November, State Senator Dan Patrick, a Republican, has vowed to work to repeal the law that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at Texas community colleges and universities.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/us/candidates-vow-to-kill-tuition-law-makes-some-in-his-party-squirm.html?ref=education

The New York Times

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Women’s Colleges Drop Barriers to Transgender Students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 September 9th, 2014|Education, LGBTQ+|

During her 17-minute speech at Mount Holyoke College’s convocation, President Lynn Pasquerella stopped twice, tears in her eyes.

http://chronicle.com/article/Women-s-Colleges-Drop/148705/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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The Invisible Quality of Whiteness in Our Schools

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 28th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Much has been made about recent Census reports highlighting the fact that White students are no longer the numeric majority in U.S. public schools. Awareness of these changes is important, but statistics on students’ racial demographics tell only part of the story. Interviews with educators at a Southern California high school where more than 80

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CSUN professor creates film for persons with disabilities on how to avoid getting shot by police

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 27th, 2014|Disability, Education, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Stories of excessive force complaints, officer related shootings, and general police dickery are becoming more and more commonplace in the United States. The tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, have cast new light on the disturbing trend of police officers responding to potential threats from citizens with deadly force. More

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Generation Later, Poor Are Still Rare at Elite Colleges

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 26th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

As the shaded quadrangles of the nation’s elite campuses stir to life for the start of the academic year, they remain bastions of privilege. Amid promises to admit more poor students, top colleges educate roughly the same percentage of them as they did a generation ago. This is despite the fact that there are many high school seniors from low-income homes with top grades and scores: twice the percentage in the general population as at elite colleges.

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Affirmative-Action Policy Is Found to Reduce Achievement Gaps

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 26th, 2014|Education|

Affirmative-action policies can help motivate underrepresented minority students before they apply to college and, as a result, can help narrow achievement gaps across demographic groups, concludes a report released on Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/affirmative-action-policies-can-help-reduce-achievement-gaps-study-finds/84665?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Los Angeles to Reduce Arrest Rate in Schools

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 19th, 2014|Education|

LOS ANGELES — After years of arresting students for on-campus fights and damaging school property, Los Angeles school officials are adopting new policies to reduce the number of students who are disciplined in the juvenile court system.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/us/los-angeles-to-reduce-arrest-rate-in-schools.html?hpw&rref=education&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHedThumbWell&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

The New York Times

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My Good Neighborhood May Not Look Like Your Good Neighborhood

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 19th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

A good colleague, Vasti Torres, wrote a piece years ago entitled “Mi Casa Is Not Always Like Your House.” In this piece she encouraged folks to use a culturally sensitive lens in the context of higher education. Most importantly, she talked about Latino students from a Latina perspective.

http://diverseeducation.com/article/66428/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=67ff05fcf36a42c38ea70876a80c6b70&elqCampaignId=358

Diverse Issues in Higher Education

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Experts: K-12 Population Shift Toward Students of Color Will Shed Light on Resource Inequalities

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 18th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

For the first time ever, non-Hispanic Whites are projected to make up less than 50 percent of the U.S. K-12 public school population. The National Center for Education Statistics has estimated that minorities will comprise 50.2 percent of students in public school classrooms in the 2014-15 academic year.

http://diverseeducation.com/article/66408/

Diverse Issues in Higher Education

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Rialto Unified Holocaust assignment created in leadership ‘void,’ documents show

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 15th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Rialto >> The team of Rialto Unified teachers who created a controversial assignment that asked eighth-graders to argue whether or not the Holocaust occurred, after consulting excerpts from a Holocaust denial website, appears to have had inconsistent leadership and oversight, according to documents obtained by the Los Angeles News Group.

http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20140815/rialto-unified-holocaust-assignment-created-in-leadership-void-documents-show

Daily News

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