CRP in the News 2012

Metro Nashville Schools Rezoning Lawsuit Could Echo Far (4/30/2012)

“People will certainly be interested in watching what the court does in Nashville,” said Gary Orfield, director of the CRP.

State Suspension Trend Reflected at AUSD (4/27/12)

African-American students in Alameda public schools were suspended more than three times the overall suspension rate in the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) for the 2009-2010 school year, according to a report from the UCLA Civil Rights Project.

Media Coverage of "Suspended Education in California" (4/20/2012)

The Center for Civil Rights Remedies' report reveals unusually high levels of risk for suspension as well as the stark differences in discipline when these risks are presented by race, gender and disability status.

Could College Be Free? (4/8/2012)

Dr. Orfield addresses tuition hikes at UC.

Santa Rosa Kids Spurn Neighborhood Campuses (3/19/2012)

Gary Orfield, founder of the Civil Rights Project, on school choice in California.

Class Division (3/18/2012)

The unintended effect of school choice.

Civil Rights Project Co-Founders, San Francisco State President Receiving John Hope Franklin Awards (3/12/12)

The three academics—Gary Orfield and Christopher Edley Jr., co-founders of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard, now housed at UCLA, and Dr. Robert A. Corrigan, longtime president at San Francisco State University—all have been selected to receive Diverse magazine’s Dr. John Hope Franklin Award.

Black Students Face Harsher Punishment, Fewer Options (3/8/12)

CRP research at Black Voice News.

Affirmative Action Prompts Diversity Discussion (3/7/12)

CRP research at The Orion.

UCLA’s Civil Rights Project Reports How Minorities Can Transfer to Four-Year Universities Quickly (3/7/12)

“Building Pathways to Transfer: Community Colleges that Break the Chain of Failure for Students of Color" featured at The Sun Dial.

Magnet-School Resurgence? (3/7/12)

A report last month by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project highlights various strengths of magnet schools, particularly when it comes to their historic purpose of desegregation.

Project SOL Helps Migrants Shine in School (3/7/2012)

Project SOL (Secondary Online Learning) relies on the curriculum used in Mexico, specifically mathematics and science, to teach students in Spanish through the Internet.

Un Sol Para Estudiantes Hispanos (3/7/2012)

Programa educativo en México impulsa a jóvenes en Estados Unidos a llegar a la universidad.

Minority Students Face Harsher Discipline, Fewer Options, New Federal Data Shows (3/6/12)

Daniel Losen quoted at The Huffington Post.

Federal Data Show Racial Gaps in School Arrests (3/5/12)

Daniel J. Losen, director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the University of California at Los Angeles, quoted in The Washington Post.

Has School Desegregation Been Good for Blacks? (3/1/2012)

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, a research associate for The Civil Rights Project at UCLA, discusses the historic benefits of school integration at Ebony.

Leaving No Child Behind: Reflecting on the Good and Bad of NCLB (2/27/12)

Schools are more accountable for how well their students are learning.

California Community Colleges Have Poor Transfer Rates for Latino, Black Students (2/24/2012)

Researchers at The Civil Rights Project at UCLA released a trio of studies this month showing that while community colleges are the gateway to higher education for most Latinos and blacks in California, few of those students end up transferring to four-year colleges and earning bachelor’s degrees.

Suspensions, Expulsions of Black Students: The School to Prison Pipeline? (2/23/2012)

‘Kiddie racial profiling’ in the classroom keeps students behind.

Charter School Segregation Target Of New Report (2/23/2012)

Gary Orfield cited on the Huffington Post.

Boost Sought for Students of Color (2/23/2012)

Gary Orfield quoted at Education News.

Some fear UT Affirmative Action Case Will Threaten School Diversity (2/23/2012)

UT figures indicate that minority enrollment increased after the school resumed considering race in admissions, while data from the University of California system show minority student populations declined after affirmative action was outlawed there.

A Very Rough Road for Community College Students (2/21/2012)

CRP's trio of community college reports cited by the Los Angeles Times.

Researchers Examine Why Fewer Latino, Black Community College Students Transfer (2/15/2012)

CRP research at UCLA Today.

California Maintains Segregated Community College System (2/15/2012)

CRP's Gary Orfield at Diverse Education.

Boost Sought for Students of Color (2/15/2012)

CRP research at San Francisco Gate.

Low College Transfer Rate Dissected (2/15/2012)

CRP's co-director, Patricia Gándara, at Silicon Valley Education Foundation.

Mexican Government Provides College-Bound Curriculum for American Students (2/12/2012)

CRP research at Center for Applied Second Language Studies.

Report on Segregation Is at Odds with Reality (2/9/2012)

The ACLU on CRP research.

California Bus Aid Still Imperiled, Despite Reprieve (2/6/2012)

CRP's Gary Orfield at Education Week.

Bilingual Classes Try to Push Latinos Toward College (2/4/2012)

Patricia Gándara quoted in the Los Angeles Times.

Bilingual Education Falls Flat for Many Students (2/2/2012)

CRP researcher quoted by KPCC.

JCPS Ready to Implement Elementary Assignment Plan (1/23/2012)

New developments in Dr. Gary Orfield's work in Kentucky.

Zero-Tolerance Policies Bleed Education (1/21/12)

In addition to the problems listed on the national report card it just received, Ohio’s education system must face the consequences of zero-tolerance policies: discrimination and higher incarceration rates.

Are Students Getting Kicked Out of School Because They Are Black? (1/5/2012)

Black students around the nation are being used as target practice and being suspended/expelled by school officials, more than any other race according to a newly released report entitled “Discipline Policies, Successful Schools, And Racial Justice, authored by Attorney Daniel J. Losen of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, and published by the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Director of the new Center for Civil Rights Remedies Quoted in Report on Washington, DC Schools (1/1/12)

Across the Washington area, black students are suspended and expelled two to five times as often as white students, creating disparities in discipline that experts say reflect a growing national problem.