Education – Page 62 – 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.

Multiculti U.

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:45+00:00 June 7th, 2013|Education|

The budget-strapped University of California squanders millions on mindless diversity programs.

Asian-American Subgroups’ Higher Ed Status Supported by Latest Disaggregated Data

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:45+00:00 June 6th, 2013|Education|

n 2006, the University of California, Los Angeles, student newspaper published a story stating the UC system was admitting “an unprecedented number of Asian students” that, for the first time, vaulted them ahead of Whites as the racial group comprising the largest share of admissions.

Upset by the insinuation and portrayal of them as a uniformly

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Senator Introduces Education Measure

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:45+00:00 June 4th, 2013|Education|

Nearly half a century after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a sweeping federal education act and promised to “bridge the gap between helplessness and hope” for disadvantaged children in the nation’s public schools, Congress is still trying to fine-tune the law to achieve its original goals.

Colleges Can Help Transgender Students ‘Be Who They Are,’ Says Leading Doctor

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:45+00:00 June 3rd, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

In the early 1980s, a student at Harvard University who had been born a female but lived as a male gained the trust and support of a sympathetic university registrar. Each semester, the campus official would ask the student to provide a list of the classes he’d signed up for. The registrar made sure that

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Asian-American Students Face Unique Challenges When It Comes to Affirmative Action

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:46+00:00 June 3rd, 2013|Education|

Though many Asian-American interest groups have lined up to support the University of Texas’ affirmative action policy amid the Fisher v. University of Texas court battle, some Asian-American groups have sided with Abigail Fisher, arguing that race-conscious decisions in university admissions hurt qualified Asian-American students.

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Income-Based Diversity Lags at Some Universities

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:46+00:00 May 31st, 2013|Education|

Opponents of race-based affirmative action in college admissions urge that colleges use a different tool to encourage diversity: giving a leg up to poor students. But many educators see real limits to how eager colleges are to enroll more poor students, no matter how qualified — and the reason is money.

Appeals Court Rejects Tribal Group’s Bid to Save ‘Fighting Sioux’ Nickname

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:46+00:00 May 30th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s judgment against the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe in its bid to save the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname, whose retirement state voters overwhelming endorsed last summer.

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Inglewood schools once again face financial uncertainty

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:46+00:00 May 29th, 2013|Education|

The troubled Inglewood school district is once again facing severe financial uncertainty.

The school system was taken over by the state last September when Gov. Jerry Brown approved legislation granting $55 million in loans to the district. But officials announced Tuesday that the district had depleted its reserves and used about half

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Agoura High School students targeted in racist graffiti

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:48+00:00 May 17th, 2013|Education, Hate Crimes|

Authorities are investigating racist graffiti found at Agoura High School, including a “hit list” targeting African American students, they said Thursday.

Racist graffiti reported at Agoura High School

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:48+00:00 May 17th, 2013|Education, Hate Crimes|

Two incidents of racist graffiti targeting African-American students at Agoura High School were being investigated today as hate crimes, officials said.