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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.

Intensive Small-Group Tutoring and Counseling Helps Struggling Students

By | January 27th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

CHICAGO — By the time they reach eighth grade, according to federal tests, half of all African-American schoolboys have not mastered the most basic math skills that educators consider essential for their grade level.

Read more in The New York Times.

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Arizona: University Drops Fraternity After Complaints of Racism

By | January 24th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Arizona State University said Thursday that it is severing ties with a fraternity after the

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Gay Marriages Confront Catholic School Rules

By | January 23rd, 2014|Education, LGBTQ+|

SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Eastside Catholic prides itself on teaching acceptance. At the end of Crusader Way, by the school’s entrance, banners hang celebrating “relationships” and exhorting passers-by to “remember to take care of each other.” Students use a sign-language gesture to remind one another of the school’s emphasis on unconditional love.

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Arizona State U. Fraternity Suspended Over Martin Luther King Party

By | January 22nd, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Arizona State University has suspended its Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter for throwing an “MLK Black Party” that offended many people on the Tempe campus, according

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U.S. Investigating Civil Rights Complaint at Lehigh

By | January 10th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a federal complaint alleging that Lehigh University failed to respond to race-related harassment on

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Federal guidelines unveiled to avoid racial bias in school discipline

By | January 9th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Federal officials kicked up their

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California Assembly Creates Panel to Review Hate Crimes on Campuses

By | January 9th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

In the wake of a racial-bullying case that caused shock and outrage at San Jose State University, the California Legislature’s Assembly has created a committee that will investigate student harassment and hate crimes at all of the state’s public colleges, according to the Los Angeles Times and the Bay Area News

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U.S. Criticizes Zero-Tolerance Policies in Schools

By | January 8th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The Obama administration issued guidelines on Wednesday that recommended public school officials use law enforcement only as a last resort for disciplining students, a response to a rise in zero-tolerance policies that have disproportionately increased the number of arrests, suspensions and expulsions of minority students for even minor, nonviolent offenses.

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