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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity: Leading the Way to a More Just Future
Photo: Getty Images Dismantling anti-black racism to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies for all The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity is one of an interconnected set of fellowship programs – the Atlantic Fellows – launched by The Atlantic Philanthropies as part of the…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Federal Appeals Court Blocks Parts of Alabama’s Discriminatory Anti-Immigrant Law
Court Issues Order Temporarily Enjoining Business Transaction and Contract Provisions of HB 56 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org ATLANTA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today blocked two key sections of Alabama’s anti-immigrant law pending a final ruling on the appeal. Parts of…
Author: ACLU
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Department of Education Data Show Urgent Need to Address Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Today Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, announced the results of the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) – a national survey of 72,000 schools – which shows that racial disparities in school discipline, including suspensions, expulsions and arrests, remain alarmingly high in districts and states across the…
Author: Dignity in Schools Coalition
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Vivien Labaton Appointed Director of Strategic Programme Initiatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, June 9, 2009 Vivien Labaton has been appointed Director of Strategic Programme Initatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies effective May 28, 2009. Labaton will work with Atlantic’s four programs in seven countries to develop and implement their grantmaking strategies to achieve social justice and…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Civil rights groups file suits on voter harassment
by HEATHER CLARK Two civil rights groups have filed separate lawsuits to stop members of the Republican Party from obtaining and making public private voter information and intimidating voters ahead of Election Day. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, filed a…
Author: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education
By Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor, Equity Initiatives & Human Capital Development, The Atlantic Philanthropies In recent years, thousands of New York City school children have been disciplined through exclusion from school, disengaging them from learning and increasing the likelihood they will get caught up…
Author: Philanthropy New York
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Victory for Texas Families: Legislature Decriminalizes Truancy
On May 30, 2015, the Texas legislature passed groundbreaking legislation, HB 2398, that will end the criminalization of truancy, protecting hundreds of thousands of Texas children from receiving hefty fines and criminal convictions for being absent from school. “We celebrate this monumental victory for Texas…
Author: Texas Appleseed
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Study: Suspensions Harm 'Well-Behaved' Kids
Photo: Alison Yin for EdSource Today By Jane Meredith Adams It’s a belief repeated every day by teachers, principals and parents of rule-abiding children: Suspending disruptive students will allow the rest of the class to settle down and learn. But a new, large study calls this rationale…
Author: EdSource
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When School Discipline Is Unfair: Four Ways to Do Better
A new set of reports dives deep into the complex causes of inequities in school discipline and offers details on what schools can do to create a climate that is both orderly and fair. A student gets his books from his locker at Alisal High…
Author: Christian Science Monitor
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline Is Targeting Your Child
The Advancement Project’s Judith Brown Dianis on how minor infractions land Black and Latino children in major trouble Most of us have heard the term the “school-to-prison” pipeline, but perhaps you aren’t completely clear on what it is or how it works. A new video…
Author: The Advancement Project, Ebony Magazine