Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | page
Emancipation on the Ballot Why Slavery is Still Legal in America – And How Voters Can Take Action By Simeon Spencer Former Thurgood Marshall Institute Research and Operations Associate Last Juneteenth, members of Congress reintroduced a constitutional amendment to end slavery in the United States. You may be thinking, “Wait? Didn’t the Thirteenth Amendment already […]
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 | staff
Monday, January 30, 2017 | news
Hearing Underscores Betsy DeVos Unqualified to Lead Department of Education The confirmation hearing of Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos did little to assuage our concerns about her fitness to serve. In fact, her testimony raised new apprehensions. It seems clear from her responses to questions presented by senators, Ms. DeVos is unaware of her legal […]
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 | news
Md. Must Do Better to Keep Troubled Kids In Class The Sun investigation “Girls receive stiffer punishment” (Dec. 18) details the inequitable treatment that African-American girls face at the hands of Maryland’s juvenile justice system. One of the best ways to serve this population is by keeping them out of the juvenile justice system in […]
Friday, October 5, 2012 | news
My daughter Gabriela was yelling again. “All that stupid test shows is how good someone is at taking a test,” she said. This was after I asked her to spend more time on the Kaplan test prep book on our dinner table — the one that’s supposed to help eighth-graders like her prepare for next […]
Monday, October 1, 2012 | news
On September 30, Acting Director of Litigation at LDF Elise Boddie, discussed on MSNBC’s “Up with Chris Hayes” the future of affirmative action and the Supreme Court in the upcoming Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Eleventh Circuit Reverses District Court Decision, Preventing Gardendale Secession from Alabama School District The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied Gardendale, Alabama’s motion to separate itself from the Jefferson County public school system today, in the appeal of an April 2017 ruling that the NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Thursday, March 16, 2023 | news
In an important victory for professors, other educators, and students across Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals left in place a preliminary injunction blocking Florida’s HB 7 — also known as the Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees Act (Stop W.O.K.E. Act) — from being enforced in institutions of higher education, pending appeal. […]
Friday, November 1, 2019 | page
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
Originally enacted in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Elementary and Second Education Act (ESEA) emphasizes equal access to education for all students and is the most expansive federal education legislation in history. The ESEA has been reauthorized numerous times, most recently in 2002 as the No Child Left Behind Act. In 2010, President […]
