State-appointed managers will take over the El Paso Independent School District after the U.S. Department of Justice said it won’t oppose ousting the locally elected school board in the wake of a testing scandal at several of high schools.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports on Minnesota Public Radio News that as the federal government pushes schools to include more disabled students in sports, Minnesota offers a map for how to do it and a look at the challenges that come along the way.
Continue reading...The San Francisco Chronicle reports that in the face of a civil rights investigation for disciplining black students more harshly than their white peers, the school board for the Oakland Unified School District recently voted to accept five years of federal monitoring as the district attempts to address the problem.
Continue reading...Reuters reports in the Huffington Post that the NAACP has lodged a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education charging that the admissions test for New York City’s specialized high schools discriminates against African-American and Latino students.
Continue reading...StarNewsonline.com reports that Rick Holliday, Assistant Superintendent for Support Services, has announced that New Hanover County Schools’ use of seclusion rooms to deal with students’ aggressive behavior does not violate North Carolina law.
Continue reading...As reported on Educationnews.com, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education has reached agreements with four school districts to ensure that girls get equal athletic opportunities as male students.
Continue reading...The U.S. Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a “Dear Colleague” letter, fact sheet, and question and answer document on school district enrollment practices cautioning against practices that may discourage undocumented students or parents from enrolling students in school.
Continue reading...U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in a letter provided to the Washington Post and Associated Press (AP), criticized the Wake County School Board’s (WCSB) decision to eliminate its “busing for diversity” student assignment system, reports the AP in Education Week. Duncan said, “America’s strength has always been a function of its diversity, so it is troubling to see North Carolina’s Wake County school board take steps to reverse a long-standing policy to promote racial diversity in its schools.”
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