Monday, September 27, 2021 | page
Reopening and Operating Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic The shuttering of schools across the United States in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic made clear how indispensable public schools are to American life. Communities faced grave social and economic consequences, including a rise in child hunger, employment instability and what some experts are referring to […]
Thursday, December 13, 2012 | news
(The Root) — On Wednesday, less than two months after the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Mississippi officials for systematically incarcerating African-American children, the Senate heard its first-ever testimony about the “school-to-prison pipeline” — the label assigned to the nationwide pattern of young people being sent to police stations, courtrooms and juvenile-detention centers […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
In recent years, a disturbing shift has occurred in our education system. Rather than employ traditional disciplinary measures, such as counseling or detention, when students misbehave, schools are becoming increasingly dependent on suspensions, expulsions, and law enforcement to punish students. Children are being arrested or removed from schools, even for minor discretions, at alarming rates […]
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | news
Matt Cregor, Assistant Counsel in LDF’s Education Practice and an expert on the School-to-Prison pipeline, was quoted in a Huffington Post article on school policing. He forcefully argues against the practice of increasing the number of School Resource Officers as a means of keeping schools safe. On the contrary, these SROs are instrumental in facilitating […]
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 | news
School Resource Officers in Dallas Suburb Where Officer Used Extreme Force at Pool Party Found to Receive No Special Training in Working with Children AUSTIN, TEXAS – A new data analysis shows that a Dallas suburb, where a police officer was videotaped at a pool party in June shoving a teenage African-American girl to the […]
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 | case-issue
School Nutrition and Racial Equity The Need for Universal, Healthy School Meals It’s hard to learn when you’re hungry. Hunger and food insecurity affect children’s academic performance, mental health, and school attendance. Unfortunately, Black children experience hunger at the highest rate among all racial groups. Based on 2020 Census data, Black people faced the highest […]
Friday, May 4, 2018 | page
The Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) scholarship programs provide financial assistance to those who had been denied access to higher education for generations. For decades, the Herbert Lehman Education Fund and the Earl Warren Legal Training Program have guaranteed for many Black undergraduate students and law students that the battles to end segregation in education would […]
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 | news
Symposium: The disparate-impact framework remains essential and effective John Paul Schnapper-Casteras is Special Counsel for Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which filed an amicus brief in support of the respondents in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Community Project, Inc. A fair and proper interpretation of […]
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 | news
The United States Department of Justice issued a scathing report detailing a pattern and practice of racial discrimination in the Baltimore Police Department (BPD). The report was issued after the Division engaged in a nearly one-year review of the BPD – an investigation requested by the City and numerous residents. The Civil Rights Division concluded […]
Friday, January 27, 2023 | page
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