Friday, February 3, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here Today, Republican leaders of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations on accountability and state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This resolution cannot move forward. The accountability regulations are more critical […]
Thursday, January 23, 2025 | careers
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is the country’s first and foremost civil and human rights law organization. Founded in 1940 under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, who subsequently became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, LDF was launched at a time when the nation’s aspirations for equality and due process […]
Monday, January 30, 2017 | news
Education Advocates Urge State Departments of Education to Improve School Climates through ESSA State Plans As the Senate considers the next U.S. Secretary of Education, ultimately responsible for approving state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a coalition of education advocates sent letters to Departments of Education in eight states advising officials to […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | page
As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court case that struck down segregation in public schools, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has long led the struggle for equal education in the United States. That struggle continues today, both in and outside the courts, where LDF works tirelessly to advance […]
Thursday, October 11, 2012 | news
In a 2007 case, Chief Justice John Roberts famously wrote that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” That’s more glib than helpful, given this country’s long and painful struggle with racial inequity. But it’s a window into the way the court’s conservative majority thinks […]
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 | news
LDF applauds the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights release today of guidance to states, school districts, and schools to help ensure that all students have access to equal educational opportunity through the equitable distribution of school resources. All states and schools have an obligation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | page
Since its founding, the Legal Defense Fund has fought for the rights of Black Americans to work, live, and thrive without racially imposed barriers. In one of our first cases in 1940, LDF secured a vital decision that required equal pay for black and white teachers. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF’s economic justice […]
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | news
Leticia Smith-Evans, Interim Director of the Education Practice Group, writes for EdWeek on the recent legal guidance issued by the DOJ and DOE on school discipline. Responding to the questions of the necessity and projected efficacy of the guidance, Smith-Evans writes “At a time when opportunity gaps exist that largely correlate to a student’s race, the […]
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 | news
Honorees on the 29th Annual List Include Gabrielle Union, LeBron James,Shonda Rhimes, Pharrell Williams, Kevin Hart and T.D. Jakes Music Impresario Quincy Jones will receive the EBONY Achievement Award Gala Celebration Will Take Place in Los Angeles on November 19 CHICAGO (November 11, 2014) — EBONY® Magazine today unveiled its annual EBONY Power 100 list, […]
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | page
An Early Voting Success Story – And A Call to Action How Louisiana Voters Can Be Part of History This October By Victoria (Tori) Wenger Black Voters on the Rise Attorney During this critical election cycle, it’s imperative that all voters make a plan to cast their ballots. And because of a multi-year, multi-tactic effort […]
