Education – Page 61 – 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.

Arizona Sues to Block College District’s Tuition Break for Immigrant Students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:51+00:00 June 27th, 2013|Education, Immigration|

Arizona filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block the Maricopa County Community College District from offering in-state tuition rates to immigrant students who were brought to the United States illegally as children and who have obtained work permits under the terms of the Obama administration’s deferred-action program.

conomists Seek National Effort to Increase Selective College Applications, Enrollment by Low-Income Students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:51+00:00 June 27th, 2013|Education|

WASHINGTON — In an event on Wednesday organized by the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project, noted Stanford University economist Caroline M. Hoxby unveiled a national proposal aimed at encouraging high-achieving, low-income students to apply to and attend selective colleges. The plan, devised by Hoxby and Dr. Sarah Turner of the University of Virginia, is based on

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Fisher’ Ruling May Open a ‘Wave of Litigation Against Colleges’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:51+00:00 June 26th, 2013|Education|

The U.S. Supreme Court may have left colleges open to a flurry of legal attacks on their affirmative-action policies by ruling on Monday that lower courts should have given much stricter scrutiny to the race-conscious admissions policy used by the University of Texas at Austin.

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By CAHRO’s Brian Levin: Affirmative Action Survives For Now, But Bar Is Raised

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:51+00:00 June 25th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The United States Supreme Court held today in Fisher v. University of Texas that diversity is a compelling governmental interest for a public university to seek, but there are significant restrictions to employing race based measures in doing so. Justice Anthony Kennedy writing for the majority in a 7-1 decision, held that a lower federal

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Supreme Court Puts New Pressure on Colleges to Justify Affirmative Action

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:52+00:00 June 25th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday in a lawsuit challenging race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas at Austin does not substantially alter the legal landscape for colleges, but it does put them under more pressure to justify such affirmative-action policies than they had been under before.

Rights Unit Finds Bias Against Transgender Student

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:52+00:00 June 24th, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

DENVER — A Colorado school district discriminated against a transgender first grader when it refused to let her use the girl’s bathroom, the state’s civil rights division has determined, a decision gay and transgender advocates say will have an indelible impact on how such cases are handled in the future.

U. of Colorado to Take a ‘Climate Survey’ of Political Diversity on Campuses

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:43+00:00 June 21st, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado approved a measure on Thursday that calls for hiring a nonpartisan group to conduct a “climate survey” on all of the system’s campuses to help determine whether the university respects political diversity, The Daily Camera reported.

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60K Sign Petition in Support of College Student Expelled for Being Gay

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:43+00:00 June 19th, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

In fall 2007, Danielle Powell enrolled in Grace University in Omaha, Neb., to pursue a degree in psychology. She chose to study at Grace, a Christian college, because her older sister lived in Omaha and she was “offered generous scholarships.” Powell played on the women’s volleyball team and did well in school.

In Bullies’ Hands, Nuts or Milk May Be a Weapon

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:44+00:00 June 18th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Any difference can set schoolchildren apart from their peers and potentially make them a target for bullying. But a severe food allergy is a unique vulnerability: It takes only one lunch or cupcake birthday party for other children to know which classmates cannot eat nuts, eggs, milk or even a trace of wheat. It can

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More special-ed kids head to traditional schools

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:45+00:00 June 17th, 2013|Disability, Education|

Los Angeles Unified will shift hundreds of disabled students from special-education centers to traditional schools this fall as it accelerates efforts to integrate youngsters with physical and developmental handicaps.

Read more in the Los Angeles Daily News.

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