The importance of education has been stressed to me since I was in elementary school. My grandmother used the phrase “college is not an option, it is mandatory”. Getting the opportunity to go to college, made me appreciate my family’s persistence in pushing for higher education. Attending college also instilled a sense of responsibility of wanting to give back to …
Civil Rights Data Shows Disparities for Students with Disabilities and Students of Color
The Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education, released last week, the results of the national data collection for the 2011-2012 school year. African American students are suspended and expelled at a rate three times greater than white students; and students with disabilities are more than twice as likely to receive out-of-school suspensions that students without disabilities. Another shocking statistic: …
Are Parents Who Enroll Their Children Into Charter Schools Inadvertently Giving Up Essential Rights?
Are parents who enroll their children in charter schools inadvertently giving up essential rights? Rosa Hirji analyzes two important court decisions where students expelled from charter schools are found not to be entitled to due process hearing procedures, and calls into question the “public” nature of charter schools. The American Bar Association’s Children’s Rights Litigation Committee spotlights Rosa’s article.