US Ed. Dept. rescinds guidance on English learners
The Education Department rescinds key guidance on English learners, raising fears schools may scale back services despite ongoing legal obligations.
civil rights
Student favored in school disability discrimination case
A unanimous SCOTUS has ruled to make it easier for students with disabilities to sue schools that don't respond to their educational needs.
A Budget That Puts Civil Rights on the Chopping Block
The administration's proposed 2026 budget would "streamline" special education funding and other streams, but what consequences would result?
We mark the anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
We have much to admire about a country that can elect a President Trump while professing an undying faith in civil rights.
Some social studies looks like fiction under Trump
What should teachers do about questions they are sure to receive about the violence in Charlottesville last weekend?
Comments posted on civil rights data collection
Comments for the Civil Rights Data Collection at the US Dept of Education are now closed. Let's see what the dept does with the massive data collection effort.
Charters suspend blacks more than whites
Black students and students with disabilities are still getting out-of-school suspensions more frequently than whites, esp. in charters.
A perceptible line is drawn in transgender sand
An Illinois district has drawn what appears to be a line in the sand in the vast desert of transgender rights and relations.
Visiting the Black History Museum in Alexandria
A Black History Museum in Alexandria, Va., has much to teach us about the history of literacy in the US. It's small but moving.
Play in PA tells a story of inequity in school funding
A documentary play, based on real-life interviews, premiered in Philadelphia this week. School funding, based on property taxes, is unfair.