Education – Page 67 – 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.

3 College Presidents Urge Colleagues to Join a Push for Immigration Reform

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

The presidents of Cornell University, Arizona State University, and Miami Dade College have sent a letter to more than 1,200 of their colleagues, urging them to join an effort to reform immigration laws and writing that current policies frustrate colleges’ ability to educate and to innovate.

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Racist Incidents Stun Campus and Halt Classes at Oberlin

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:33+00:00 March 5th, 2013|Education, Hate Crimes|

OBERLIN, Ohio — Oberlin College, known as much for ardent liberalism as for academic excellence, canceled classes on Monday and convened a “day of solidarity” after the latest in a monthlong string of what it called hate-related incidents and vandalism.

Developing Education Initiatives for City’s Young Mexican Immigrants

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:33+00:00 March 5th, 2013|Education, Immigration|

The numbers alone were stark and worrisome: About 41 percent of all Mexican immigrants 16 to 19 years old in New York City have dropped out of school, according to census statistics — more than double the rate of any other major immigrant group and more than four times the city’s overall rate.

Oberlin College Calls Off Classes After ‘Hate-Related Incidents’ on Its Campus

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:34+00:00 March 5th, 2013|Education|

Oberlin College canceled classes on Monday and gathered students for what campus officials called a “day of solidarity” after a person wearing a hood and robe that resembled a Ku Klux Klan outfit was reportedly seen near the college’s Afrikan Heritage House. The incident was the latest in a “series of other hate-related incidents on

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Falling Diversity of Provosts Signals Challenge for Presidential Pipeline, Study Finds

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:34+00:00 March 5th, 2013|Education|

Minority provosts are less represented in higher education than they were five years ago, a pattern that may signal greater challenges for diversifying college presidencies in the future, a new study has found.

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Black students’ learning gaps start early, report says

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:36+00:00 February 26th, 2013|Education|

African American public school students in Los Angeles County demonstrate significant learning gaps by second grade; those gaps widen with age and lead to the highest school dropout rate among all races, according to a report released Monday.

In Helping Immigrant Students, Jesuit Colleges Hope to Lead the Way

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:36+00:00 February 26th, 2013|Education, Immigration|

More than a century ago, as the nation’s cities swelled with immigrants, colleges and universities run by Jesuit priests offered the new arrivals a place to learn. Buffalo, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Scranton—all soon had Jesuit colleges, many of which forged ties with immigrant communities.

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Colleges Continue to Increase Diversity in Post-Segregation Era

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:37+00:00 February 21st, 2013|Education|

When the walls of racial segregation in higher education in the South began to fall in the early 1950s, it signaled the end of an era in American society that would go on to shape the memories and experiences of many for decades to come.

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Panel Outlines Strategies to Promote Educational Equity

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:37+00:00 February 20th, 2013|Education|

A blue-ribbon federal advisory panel outlined an ambitious plan Tuesday to combat achievement gaps, focusing on improved teacher preparation and a stronger education and support services pipeline to help meet the needs of high-poverty students.

Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

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A Long Struggle for Equality in Schools

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:39+00:00 February 8th, 2013|Education|

TUCSON — Looking back at the school desegregation case he took as a young lawyer, Rubin Salter Jr. sees a pile of wasted money and squandered opportunities. After almost four decades in court and nearly $1 billion in public spending, little has changed for the black children whose right to a good education he had

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