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 Associated Press reports in The Washington Post that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a deal with the Meridian Public School District to end harsh disciplinary practices in which black students face harsher punishment than whites for similar misbehavior.
Continue reading...The Seattle Times reports that the U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether Seattle Public Schools discriminates against African-American students by disciplining them “more frequently and more harshly than similarly situated white students,” said ED spokesman Jim Bradshaw.
Continue reading...According to the Pioneer Press, the St. Paul school district has settled a federal race discrimination suit brought by the families of three former middle school students.
Continue reading...According to The Examiner, Fred Lane, the father of a Blue Springs South High School sophomore basketball player, Cloe Lane, who is black, is suing the Blue Springs School District in Jackson County Circuit Court, citing racial discrimination, harassment, retaliation and civil rights violations, and is seeking punitive damages.
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...The Associated Press reports in The Times-Picayune that the U.S. Department of Justice claims that the city of Meridian, Mississippi is operating a “school-to-prison pipeline” that incarcerates students for disciplinary infractions as minor as dress code violations with a policy that affects mostly black and disabled children.
Continue reading...The Star Tribune reports that even after teacher Timothy Olmsted was placed on paid leave and later resigned as a result of an investigation of racial incidents in his classroom, the parents of African-American students at Heights Community School have filed suit against St. Paul Public School District.
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