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.

Supreme Court Weighs Constitutionality of Bans on Race-Conscious Admissions

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 14th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Having recently ruled on the legal limits of race-conscious college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court is now weighing in on the constitutionality of efforts to ban public colleges from using them.

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Colleges Contemplate a ‘Race Neutral’ Future

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 14th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Race-conscious admissions policies are here to stay. Race-conscious admissions policies are in peril. The justices in Washington have affirmed the status quo. The justices in Washington have undermined it. Campus officials can rest easy. Campus officials should keep chewing their fingernails.

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Educators Advised to Remove Racial Bias from Disciplinary Procedures

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 14th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

ATLANTA — In order to end persistent racial disparities in school suspension rates, educational leaders must make a conscious effort to root out racial bias from their disciplinary procedures and pursue more non-suspension alternatives.

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LAUSD to encourage teachers to wear LGBT ‘ally’ badges

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 11th, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

Beginning Friday, thousands of rainbow “ally” badges will be passed out to Los Angeles Unified teachers and staff members that they can wear to identify themselves as allies of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.

Kansas Legislature Threatens Showdown With Court Over School Financing

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 9th, 2013|Education|

TOPEKA, Kan. — As advocates of increased school funding brought their request to the Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday, the staunchly conservative Legislature vowed to defy any court orders

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4 Other States Could Be Affected by Desegregation Ruling in Maryland

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 9th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

A federal district court’s ruling on Monday that Maryland has failed to fully desegregate its public higher-education system is the first significant judicial decision on the topic since 1992, said an expert on the case, and could spur federal action or similar lawsuits in a handful of other states.

Transgender Theology Professor Will Leave Azusa Pacific U.

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 8th, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

A longtime theology professor at Azusa Pacific University, an evangelical Christian institution in California, will leave the university after recently coming out as transgender.

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Black Institutions Reach Out to Hispanic Populations; Benefit Culturally, Financially

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 8th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

As the 2013-2014 academic year began, Jackson State University in Mississippi and Southern University at Baton Rouge in Louisiana were welcoming to their campuses dozens of students from Brazil for intensive courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as well as in English language skills. At both schools, the Brazilian students’ presence culminated months

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Maryland in Violation of Duplicating HBCU Programs at White Institutions

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 8th, 2013|Education|

A federal District court judge has ruled that the constitutional rights of students who attend four Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Maryland were violated after other state-funded institutions duplicated similar programs at nearby

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University of Mississippi Investigating Anti-Gay Heckling at Theater Performance

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:18:41+00:00 October 7th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

OXFORD, Miss. — Every seat in the house was sold out for Friday’s performance of “The Laramie Project,” a play staged by the University of Mississippi theater department about an anti-gay hate crime.