Public Education
ACLU introduces civil rights, race, gender toolkit for school use(The Center Square) â The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin has come out with a new resource kit for students, teachers and parents in public schools that outlines how… Read More
Courts
DOJâs Kristen Clarke hit with criminal referral, ethics complaints for âperjury,â âfalse statementsâ(The Daily Signal) â The Justice Departmentâs Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil rights, will be hit with three ethics complaints and a criminal referral Monday, The Daily Signal… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: No, demonstrations today arenât like the 1960s(The Daily Signal) â The current demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind some of the unrest on college campuses during the 1960s. But the comparison is not a good one. The… Read More
Culture
Biden administration opens another civil rights investigation into anti-Muslim activity at Harvard(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Department of Educationâs (ED) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) opened another investigation into Harvard Tuesday after several students alleged the university failed to protect… Read More
Public Education
Race-segregated classes in Illinois high school violate the Civil Rights Act, warns US commissionerAn Illinois school district has been offering separate high school math and English classes for black and Latino students, taught by teachers of color, a move that amounts to racial… Read More
Public Education
Racially segregated courses in Illinois public schools illegal and unconstitutional, say civil rights attorneysRacially segregated courses offered by a high school in Illinois are likely illegal and unconstitutional, civil rights attorneys tell the Washington Free Beacon. As reported… Read More
Government
Woke A.I.? Biden mandates A.I. advance ‘equity and civil rights’(The Center Square) â President Joe Biden has signed an executive order requiring that Artificial Intelligence technology advance âequity and civil rights.â Biden signed the order this week,… Read More
Public Education
Biden admin says school district canât remove sexually explicit books because it violates studentsâ civil rights(The Daily Signal) â The federal Department of Education concluded an investigation into a Georgia school district Friday, arguing that the removal of several books containing pornographic material… Read More
Culture, Public Education
New York school district violated Civil Rights Act by hosting race-based student groups, complaint alleges(Daily Caller) â Parents Defending Education, a parental rights group, filed a civil rights complaint Tuesday to the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) against a New York… Read More
Culture
Pro-LGBT Michigan bill fails to offer religious protectionsThe Michigan Senate approved a bill expanding civil rights to include sexual orientation and gender identity, potentially creating âimpossible-to-resolve conflictsâ for churches and other religious groups. âWe strongly… Read More
Public Education
Virginia AG launches two civil rights investigations into high school(The Center Square) â Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Wednesday civil rights investigations into allegations Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology withheld national awards from students, potentially costing… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Parental rights org files complaints alleging schools created race-based student groups(Daily Caller) â Parents Defending Education (PDE), a group focused on parental rights in education, filed three complaints on Tuesday to the Department of Educationâs (DOE) Office of Civil Rights… Read More