2018 Press Releases

CA Students Still Losing Over 760,000 Days of Instruction Due to Suspensions

This study released by the Center for Civil Rights Remedies, CRP shows that the overuse of suspensions in California schools resulted in well over 760,000 days of lost instruction during the 2016-17 academic year. The impact is greatest in grades 7-8 where the disparities along the lines of race and disability are also the deepest.

Survey of Secondary Teachers Reveals Many Feel Unprepared to Teach their EL Students

A new report highlights the lack of preparation and resources for secondary teachers of EL students, making it challenging to meet student needs.

First-of-its-kind Survey Reveals Alarming Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Public Schools

UCLA Civil Rights Project released the findings of a new national survey of educators revealing the alarming impact of immigration enforcement on teaching and learning in public schools. The study was presented at a policy forum at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., which also included presentations on the topic by immigration experts from the Migration Policy Institute and Brigham Young University.

New Studies Reveal Pervasive Challenges to Expanded Opportunity Education Voucher Advocates Promise

New data illuminates pervasive challenges among education voucher programs that significantly limit the extension of expanded educational opportunities touted by advocates of the programs and the Trump Administration. The data was presented at a Capitol Hill briefing hosted by the UCLA Civil Rights Project.

Charter Schools Are Driving Segregation in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Amid a federal push for the expansion of charter schools, this study of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) in North Carolina describes how charter schools directly and indirectly contribute to resegregation in traditional public schools.

Study Finds Decline in School Segregation in DC's Rapidly Gentrifying Neighborhoods

Gentrification is a major force in urban neighborhoods across the country, and also transforming the nation’s capital. In 2011, Washington, DC, reached a non-black majority for the first time in more than a half century, and since 2000, the city’s white population has increased from just over a quarter to well over a third of the total population. The report examines whether the potential educational and social benefits that could come from greater racial and socioeconomic diversity are being realized in DC’s most rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.

New Federal Policies & Changes Pose Threats to College Access for Students of Color

At a briefing on Capitol Hill, CRP released five newly commissioned studies--of minority serving institutions, incarcerated students, for-profit colleges, risk sharing proposals, and the current attack on race conscious admissions--that demonstrate the threats to college access for students of color imposed by current and proposed policies under the current administration.