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Archived entries for race/ethnicity

U.S. Departments of Education and Justice investigate Louisiana district for claims of discrimination against Latino students

The Times-Picayune reports that in following up on a complaint by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice will be investigating whether the Jefferson Parish school system discriminates against its Latino students.

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New Jersey district to pay Hispanic students $500,000 to settle suit over alleged discriminatory discipline

The Courier-Post reports that the Camden Board of Education has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a suit brought by seven Hispanic students, who were made to eat lunch on the floor as punishment for spilling a jug of water.

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Federal appellate court rules that claim of institutional racism was insufficient to prove pretext for employee’s termination, and rejects cat’s paw theory of liability

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that a former elementary school principal has failed to prove that a Colorado school district discriminated against her on the basis of race/ethnicity when it terminated her for insubordination.

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