Education
Detailed Department of Education Report Shows Disparities Remain in Schools
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a recent report which highlights civil rights data in almost every state for the past 15 years. The information is available through…
California Reduces Number of Out of School Suspensions for All Students
A new study by the UCLA Center for Civil Rights Remedies finds that between 2011 and 2013, the number of out of school suspensions (OSS) has gone down for all students in California.…
Addressing School Discipline Disparities
A recent Indiana University publication by The Discipline Disparities Research-to-Practice Collaborative discusses the disparities in school discipline among racial groups. Over the past 40 years, Black males have been disciplined at disproportionately higher…
Stanford Report on Poverty and Inequality
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality’s recent report examines some of the effects of the declining economy resulting from the Recession, as well as institutions’ struggles after the market decline. People between…
Listening to Our Students to Prevent Drop Outs
Tufts University’s America’s Promise Alliance and its Center for Promise released a new report on the circumstances surrounding students’ choices to drop out of school. This is a particular issue of concern for communities…
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders Face Challenges in Education, Healthcare, Employment, and Housing
The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) population has grown by 40% in the past decade (2000-2010), the third fastest growing ethnic group after Asian Americans and Latinos. There are…
Common Core Plan for Addressing Education Disparities
A recent report published by the Center for American Progress examines the Common Core Curriculum as a means of addressing education disparities. These disparities traditionally have been a challenge for students of color, poor students,…
Separate and Unequal Schools after Brown v. Board of Education
A new report by the University of California Los Angeles’ Civil Rights Project/Proyeto Derechos Civiles examines the change in school demographics in the wake of the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Since…
Young Black College Graduates Hit Hard by Economic Downturn
Among college graduates, black recent college graduates have been hit hardest by the Great Recession and a new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research examines this issue. The pre-Recession unemployment rate…
A Call for Diversity in Legal Education, Part Two
A recent National Law Journal report describes efforts being made to increase the presence of people of color in the field of law because only approximately ten percent of the nation’s lawyers…
