Education – Page 66 – 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.

A Missouri School Trains Its Teachers to Carry Guns, and Most Parents Approve

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:30+00:00 April 15th, 2013|Education|

WEST PLAINS, Mo. — At 8:30 on a cloudy, frigid morning late last month in this folksy Ozark town, the superintendent of an area school strolled through the glass doors of the local newspaper office to deliver a news release.

With Police in Schools, More Children in Court

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:30+00:00 April 12th, 2013|Education, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

HOUSTON — As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in schools, youth advocates and judges are raising alarm about what they have seen in the schools where officers are already stationed: a surge in criminal charges against children for misbehavior that many believe is better handled in the principal’s office.

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Cal Grants for Dream students rolling out for first time

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:30+00:00 April 9th, 2013|Education|

More than 20,000 unauthorized immigrants have applied for state grants for college — and at least a quarter of them are expected to qualify for a projected total of $19.5 million in the next school year, according to the California Student Aid Commission.

Read more in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Overcoming Violence & Injustice Conference: Restorative Justice Panel

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:31+00:00 April 2nd, 2013|Conflict Resolution, Education, Intergroup Relations|

From left: Denise Curtis, Edgar Dormitorio, Alicia Virani and Danielle Nava.

Panelists:

— Alicia Virani, J.D.,Equal Justice Works Fellow, Restorative Justice Specialist, The California Conference for Equality and Justice

— Denise Curtis, Program Manager, Restorative Community Conferencing, Community Works West

— Edgar Dormitorio, Assistant Dean of Students & Director

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Overcoming Violence & Injustice Conference – Robert Ross Morning Keynote

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:31+00:00 April 2nd, 2013|Conflict Resolution, Education, Health, Intergroup Relations|

Robert Ross, executive director of The California Endowment, discussed what we can do to save our sons. He asked people around the country what they thought was happening to young men of color and what should be done about it.

He talked to 65 people. including young

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School district discriminated against gay students, ACLU alleges

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:32+00:00 March 19th, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

In a letter from the ACLU, the Hesperia Unified School District is accused of discriminating against gay and lesbian students, including refusing to allow girls to wear tuxedos to the prom.

Group Aims to Help Conservative Parents Counter ‘PC Indoctrination’ at Colleges

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:32+00:00 March 18th, 2013|Education|

Conservatives have long complained about a perceived liberal bias in higher education, and conservative parents might be especially irked to think that they are paying thousands of dollars in tuition only to have their children turned against them by a bunch of radical professors.

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Higher Education Leaders Join Immigration Reform Coalition

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:32+00:00 March 14th, 2013|Education, Immigration|

In recent years, immigrant rights organizations, students and social activists have called on U.S. higher education institutions to get behind state and federal legislative measures, such as the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. While legislative action on immigration reform policies has been very limited, colleges and university campuses at least proved to be friendly

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Ohio: F.B.I. Enters Inquiry at Oberlin

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:32+00:00 March 11th, 2013|Education|

The F.B.I. is investigating racist and antigay messages left around Oberlin College in the past month and the possible sighting of someone wearing a Ku Klux Klan-type outfit, a college spokesman said on Friday.

Report: Poor College Prospects Predicted for Black Youth in LA County

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:33+00:00 March 7th, 2013|Education|

A report by the Oakland-based Education Trust–West organization documenting the educational status of African-American youth in Los Angeles County has painted a dismal picture of the college readiness and college completion prospects for a cohort that makes up one-third of all Black K-12 students in California.

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