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Integrating Suburban Schools was written to help guide education stakeholders in efforts to promote racial diversity and avoid racial isolation in suburban school systems.

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The Civil Rights Project at UCLA

The mission of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles is to help renew the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action, to be a preeminent source of intellectual capital within that movement, and to deepen the understanding of the issues that must be resolved to achieve racial and ethnic equity as society moves through the great transformation of the 21st century.

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News and Announcements: CRP Mourns Loss of Dedicated Civil Rights Attorney John Payton John Payton, the superb leader of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a preeminent force in the battle for civil rights, passed away on March 22, 2012. Mar 23, 2012; CRP Response to Release of the 2009-10 Civil Rights Data The Civil Rights Project commends the U.S. Department of Education for recent changes to the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) and public release of the 2009-10 school year data but also highlights the need for additional changes. Mar 09, 2012; Project SOL Teachers Receive "Courage to Act" Awards Eight Project SOL teachers received “Courage to Act, Bilingual Teacher Awards” from the California Association of Bilingual Educators and were also recognized by the California Legislature and the Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico for their exceptional dedication ... Mar 08, 2012; Call for Papers: Exploring Possible Benefits of Bilingualism in the Labor Market and Beyond The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, in collaboration with the Educational Testing Service (ETS), is pleased to issue a call for papers under the general topic of “The Benefits of Bilingualism.” Jan 30, 2012; Collected Works of University of California’s Lingusitic Minority Research Institute now available CRP makes LMRI documents available to the public via the University of California's eScholarhip, an open-access, scholarly publishing service. Jan 11, 2012; more…

Featured Research by CRP: UCLA Report Links School Integration with Positive Leadership and Better Community Relations Teachers’ perceptions differ widely by the racial and socioeconomic makeup of their school Apr 23, 2012; Out-of-School Suspensions in California’s School Districts Reveal Hidden Crisis A new report from the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project estimates that more than 400,000 students were suspended and removed from classrooms at least one time during the 2009-10 school year in California. Apr 10, 2012; CRP Calls for Fundamental Changes in California's Community Colleges Almost 75% of all Latino and two-thirds of all Black students who go on to higher education in California go to a community college, yet in 2010 only 20% of all transfers to four-year institutions were Latino or African American. Pathways to the baccalaureate are segregated; ... Feb 14, 2012; Policy Brief Highlights Student Achievement and Parent Demand for Magnet Schools This new research is based on a 2011 survey of magnet school leaders from over 50 school districts across the country. Magnet school leaders responding to the survey reported that student achievement rose during periods of federal magnet funding via the Magnet Schools Assist ... Feb 03, 2012; Report Shows Poorly Educated Workers at Bottom of So Cal's Broken Economic Ladder By focusing on underemployment rates in addition to the numbers of unemployed, this report provides a more accurate measure of the health of the labor market in Southern California and finds a marked increase in the concentration of people clinging to the bottom of the state ... Dec 20, 2011; more…