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Education Department Tells Schools Race Can’t Factor Into Student Discipline

A letter to educators follows up on last month's rescission of longstanding discrimination rules.

Black Students Still Face Barriers To Advanced Mathematics

The organization argues that unequal access to rigorous math instruction has contributed to persistent disparities in college readiness

Black-majority schools in Texas receive more Fs than A ratings, leaving parents with tough choices

Black Texas families weigh whether to send their children to schools with more academic resources — but potentially fewer of their values.

US Education Department investigates Milwaukee Public Schools over race-conscious discipline practices

Still separate and unequal? Families sue Massachusetts over school segregation.

Seventy years after Brown v. Board of Education, students in the Bay State are suing. They say they face segregated school districts with fewer resources, including weaker curricul...

Federal Guidance Bans Race-Based School Discipline: What Families Should Know Now

The Education Department's August 18 Dear Colleague Letter bars race in school discipline. What changes for parents — and what the headlines get wrong. The post Federal Guidance Ba...

When is suspending students discrimination? Education Dept. renews an old fight

President Trump's Education Department is telling schools to stop considering race when it comes to school discipline.

Family structure matters more for academic performance of kids than poverty or race

By Josiah Padley. American Experiment. There are many factors that contribute to a student’s academic achievement: natural talent, family resources, conditions of poverty, personal...

Education Department rescinds provisions used to prove racial discrimination

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, resc...

US education department tells schools to stop ‘racial balancing’ in student discipline policies

Report: Black Students’ Exclusion From High-Quality Math Has Dire Consequences

Black children are 15% of public school students, but only 6% of those in AP math while 12% of all workers are Black but just 9% of those in STEM. The post Report: Black Students’...

Education Department rescinds provisions used to prove racial discrimination

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, resc...

Private Education and the Limits of Uniformity

An analysis explores private education, diversity, and the challenges of creating equal opportunities through standardized approaches. The post Private Education and the Limits of...

Education Department Scraps Longstanding Discrimination Rules

Districts will no longer be liable for "disparate impact"—in discipline, course access, or CTE programs.

Racist Tests

Hawaiʻi shines as a top state for access to education

Hawaiʻi ranked No. 10 in a national report for racial equality in education, with the smallest gap in public high school graduation rates and the fifth smallest standardized test...

Understanding Statistical Analyses of College Admissions Policies

The controversy surrounding ACTS highlights a practical question that is likely to shape the next era of affirmative-action litigation: how can litigants use data to prove or dispr...

Equal treatment makes a comeback

There is something almost touching about the astonishment with which American universities are discovering that racial discrimination is illegal.The Justice Department announced Mo...

Jim Crow, Title IX and the Facts of Life

What Makes a Good Teacher? Lisa Delpit and Christopher Emdin Go Deep (Opinion)

The popular educators expound on race and education in their new book, The Sacred Art Of Teaching.

Education Department: No More Disparate Impact Analysis

Rx for UC Med Schools: Stop Illegal Racial Discrimination

Oklahoma Colleges Now Under Scrutiny for Race-Based Scholarship Program

Group asks Evers to end Wisconsin minority teacher loan program

(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin group is taking aim at another state race-based program as the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty wrote a letter asking Gov. Tony Evers to en...