A federal district court in the District of Columbia has denied a request for a preliminary injunction sought by parents attempting to block the school district’s plan to close 15 of its schools.
Continue reading...The Chicago Teachers Union has filed two lawsuits, on behalf of parents and their special needs children, to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools.
Continue reading...A complaint has been filed with the federal Office for Civil Rights charging that New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against African-American and Hispanic students.
Continue reading...The White Plains, New York school system has entered into an agreement with U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that requires the district to encourage and provide more opportunities for nonwhite students to take AP and honors courses.
Continue reading...The New York Times reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Docket No. 12-682, which involves a voter initiative, Proposal 2, in Michigan that banned racial preferences in admissions to the state’s public universities.
Continue reading...The Palm Beach Post reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has finalized a settlement with the Palm Beach County School District over discipline and enrollment practices.
Continue reading...According to the Lebanon Daily News, the Lebanon school board unanimously agreed to settle a lawsuit involving the district’s truancy policy and accusations that it excessively fined parents of minority students with multiple unexcused absences.
Continue reading...WBRC Fox 6 reports that the Alabama Education Association has filed suit in federal court against state Superintendent Tommy Bice, Ed Richardson, Chief Financial Officer of Birmingham City Schools, and the Alabama Department of Education alleging voters in the city of Birmingham have been disenfranchised by the state takeover of the city’s school system.
Continue reading...According to reports from The Republic, a former English-language learner specialist, who is an African from Cameroon, has filed suit against Gilbert Public Schools alleging discrimination on the basis of race and national origin.
Continue reading...The Los Angeles Times reports that the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has announced that it has reached settlements with the city of Glendale and the Glendale Unified School District on behalf of eight Latino students who alleged that officials engaged in racial profiling and illegal searches during a 2010 incident at Hoover High School.
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