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 American Civil Liberties Union has filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office, asking it to investigate whether Beloit School District and Barron School District are violating Title IX’s provisions banning sex discrimination in education by maintain singe-sex classes.
Continue reading...ABCNews.com reports that a U.S. District Court judge in Connecticut has again ruled that competitive cheerleading, despite some upgrades, is not a sport, and says Quinnipiac University must remain under an injunction that requires the school to keep its women’s volleyball team.
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 Los Angeles Times reports that efforts by the Los Angeles Unified School District to secure a $40 million grant through the Race to the Top competition funded by the U.S. Department of Education has failed, because the L.A. teachers’ union has declined to sign the application, a condition for the competition imposed by ED.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...As reported in a press release on ed.gov, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has entered into a resolution agreement with the East Orange School District in New Jersey to resolve compliance concerns identified by OCR, under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, during its investigation of the district’s special education program.
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...A federal district court in West Virginia has issued a preliminary injunction barring a school district from operating single-sex classes at one of its middle schools unless and until any single-sex program meets the requirements of the U.S. Constitution and Title IX.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports in The Washington Post that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions recently convened a hearing on the use of restraint and seclusion to raise awareness of how much physical force is used when disciplining students.
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