Education – Page 65 – 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.

CUNY Adopts New Policy in Settlement of Pregnant Student’s Bias Claim

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:51+00:00 May 2nd, 2013|Education|

The City University of New York has agreed to settle a pregnancy-discrimination complaint filed on behalf of a woman who was forced to drop a course after its professor told her she would not be allowed to make up tests or assignments resulting from any pregnancy-related absences, including labor and delivery, the National Women’s Law

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Some offended by sorority photos

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:52+00:00 May 1st, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

SAN MARCOS — Some Latino students at Cal State San Marcos say they were offended by recent pictures posted on the Internet depicting members of a campus sorority dressed as cholas, Latina gang members or hoodlums.

Read more in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Gay-Rights Advocates Describe Fafsa Changes as Progress Toward Equality

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:52+00:00 May 1st, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

Gay-rights advocates said on Tuesday that changes in the Education Department’s student-aid form represented a step forward in equality for same-sex couples.

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No Rich Child Left Behind

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:52+00:00 April 29th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Here’s a fact that may not surprise you: the children of the rich perform better in school, on average, than children from middle-class or poor families. Students growing up in richer families have better grades and higher standardized test scores, on average, than poorer students; they also have higher rates of participation in extracurricular activities

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Asian Pacific Americans Still Battling Stereotype of Not Being Assertive Enough to Lead

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:52+00:00 April 29th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

SAN FRANCISCO — Although both of Dr. Lori Adrian’s parents were educators in their native Philippines, she still describes her college presidency as an accident of sorts. Consider her life and career path:

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Education Dept. Warns Colleges Against Retaliating in Civil-Rights Complaints

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:52+00:00 April 26th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidance warning schools and colleges of the sanctions they could face if they are found to have retaliated against people who file complaints with the department’s Office for Civil Rights.

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UC Irvine fraternity being investigated over ‘racist’ video

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:52+00:00 April 26th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

Officials at UC Irvine have launched an investigation after a public outcry over a recent video produced by students from a fraternity that showed a person in blackface.

Why the Model Minority Stereotype is Divisive to All Communities of Color

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:52+00:00 April 24th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

According to literature on the model minority stereotype (MMS) in higher education, the MMS is a sociopolitical foil: it conveniently obscures important differences among minority groups—namely, pre-existing economic and educational disparities between non-Hispanic Whites and Asian, Latino, and African Americans. This column shares three reasons why the MMS is detrimental to people of color collectively

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Editorial: Criminalizing Children at School

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:53+00:00 April 22nd, 2013|Education|

The National Rifle Association and President Obama responded to the Newtown, Conn., shootings by recommending that more police officers be placed in the nation’s schools. But a growing body of research suggests that, contrary to popular wisdom, a larger police presence in schools generally does little to improve safety. It can also create a repressive

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After Boston Bombing, Fears of Backlash Against Muslim Students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:53+00:00 April 22nd, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations|

When she learned that two bombs had been detonated at the Boston Marathon, one thought crossed Ifrah Inam’s mind: “Oh God, don’t let it be a Muslim.”

The day after the bombing, the sophomore in the pharmacy program at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, in Boston, briefly considered visiting Boylston Street, the site

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