http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu This section includes press releases and statements about education and racial justice issues. daily 1 2010-02-05T23:48:47Z http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/2013-press-releases/despite-growth-in-diversity-school-segregation-intensifies-in-massachusetts The Civil Rights Project releases a new study today, the first of its kind to thoroughly explore school segregation trends in Massachusetts since the peak of desegregation in the 1980s. The study shows student enrollment in the Commonwealth’s public schools growing more diverse, while the state’s public schools become increasingly segregated along race and class lines. No publisher russman 2013-05-09T15:45:24Z Press Release http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/2013-press-releases/report-finds-over-half-of-maryland2019s-black-students-attend-intensely-segregated-schools Maryland’s public school students are increasingly segregated by race and class, in spite of growing diversity in student enrollment statewide. The report is the first of its kind to thoroughly explore the status of school segregation trends in Maryland since the peak of desegregation in the 1980s. No publisher russman 2013-04-18T15:20:13Z Press Release http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/complaint-filed-with-ocr-against-durham-public-schools-1 The Advocates for Children's Services project of Legal Aid of North Carolina ("ACS") and the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project of UCLA ("CRP") filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, against the Durham Public Schools ("DPS"). The complaint exposes DPS’s overreliance on out-of-school suspension, which disproportionately harms Black students and students with disabilities, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The complaint is filed on behalf of all DPS students who are unjustly harmed by the district's suspension policies, including two Black students with disabilities whose experiences are described in the complaint. No publisher russman civil rights remedies 2013-04-17T19:22:05Z Featured News http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/2013-press-releases/out-of-school-and-off-track-reports-detail-disturbing-and-increased-use-of-suspensions Two first-of-their-kind reports shed light on the growing use of punitive disciplinary measures and provides research-based alternatives. The reports were presented at a Congressional briefing by researchers with responses from the legislative staffers and civil and disability rights advocates on Capitol Hill earlier today. No publisher russman 2013-04-17T19:41:36Z Press Release http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/2013-press-releases/ucla-report-finds-virginia2019s-african-american-students-face-increasing-racial-segregation-and-poverty-in-school Despite Virginia’s long history with school desegregation, little political attention has been paid to the growing multi-racial diversity of the state’s enrollment and rising levels of isolation for its African American and Latino students. This report, which covers the past two decades, is the first to thoroughly explore trends in the state, its major metro areas and largest school divisions in the years since many of its districts were released from court order to desegregate. No publisher crooks 2013-05-21T03:32:42Z Press Release http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/news-and-announcements/2013-site-news/call-for-papers-segregation-immigration-and-educational-inequality-a-multinational-examination-of-new-research The Civil Rights Project, University of Ghent, Université Libre de Bruxelles and the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies invite proposals for papers an upcoming conference called "Segregation, Immigration, and Educational Inequality: A Multinational Examination of New Research." No publisher crooks 2013-01-29T18:03:26Z Featured News http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/crp-press-releases-2012/civil-rights-project-report-shows-bans-on-affirmative-action-hinder-university-recruitment-efforts-harm-campus-racial-climate The Civil Rights Project today published important new data on the way in which California’s ban on affirmative action harms the University of California in comparison to the University of Texas -- which still has affirmative action -- in terms of both the climate on campus for nonwhite students and the lack of success in recruiting top-ranked applicants of color. No publisher russman 2012-10-09T18:38:27Z Press Release http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/crp-press-releases-2012/civil-rights-project-reports-deepening-segregation-and-challenges-educators-and-political-leaders-to-develop-positive-policies E Pluribus… Separation suggests a number of ways to reverse the trends toward deepening resegregation. No publisher crooks 2012-09-19T19:50:39Z Press Release http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/project-sol-teacher-honored-by-presidential-commission Octavio Alvarez is one of 10 exceptional teachers of Latino students from across the nation to receive honors today at a White House ceremony sponsored by President Obama’s Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. No publisher russman 2012-09-05T01:36:48Z Featured News http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/news-and-announcements/news-and-announcements-2012/hundreds-of-u.s.-researchers-file-brief-with-u.s.-supreme-court-supporting-university-of-texas-diversity-policies Scholars from 172 universities and research centers in 42 states have joined together in a brief summarizing key research on affirmative action for the U.S. Supreme Court. No publisher crooks 2012-08-14T21:20:39Z Featured News http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/news-and-announcements/news-and-announcements-2012/civil-rights-project-issues-policy-brief-california-a-case-study-in-the-loss-of-affirmative-action This brief reviews the various efforts undertaken by the University of California to maintain diversity in the institution, and especially at its highly competitive flagship campuses, UCLA and Berkeley, in the face of the loss of affirmative action during the mid-1990s. No publisher crooks 2012-08-09T15:27:08Z Featured News http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/crp-press-releases-2012/opportunity-suspended-press-release UCLA Center for Civil Rights Remedies Finds Shocking Suspension Rates in thousands of districts across the nation. No publisher russman 2012-08-15T21:37:14Z Press Release http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/crp-press-releases-2012/bans-on-affirmative-action-shown-to-reduce-enrollment-of-graduate-students-of-color-at-institutions-of-higher-education This study examines the impact of affirmative action bans, across a number of years in several states, on the enrollment of underrepresented students of color. These latest data show that the bans have led to marked declines in key areas of graduate studies. No publisher crooks 2012-07-17T16:46:45Z Press Release http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/news-and-announcements/news-and-announcements-2012/fall-river-public-schools-suspend-black-and-latino-students-and-students-with-disabilities-at-unusually-high-rates Civil Rights Project at UCLA and ACLU of Massachusetts file complaint with U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, alleging violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. No publisher crooks civil rights remedies 2012-07-16T20:59:58Z Featured News http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/crp-press-releases-2012/teachers-survey-positive-leadership Teachers’ perceptions differ widely by the racial and socioeconomic makeup of their school No publisher russman 2012-06-26T23:50:55Z Press Release