NYT: Duncan To Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws In Schools

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Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in EducationBy SAM DILLON
Published: March 7, 2010

LinkedinDiggFacebookMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink. Seeking to step up enforcement of civil rights laws, the federal Department of Education says it will be sending letters in coming weeks to thousands of school districts and colleges, outlining their responsibilities on issues of fairness and equal opportunity.

As part of that effort, the department intends to open investigations known as compliance reviews in about 32 school districts nationwide, seeking to verify that students of both sexes and all races are getting equal access to college preparatory curriculums and to advanced placement courses. The department plans to open similar civil rights investigations at half a dozen colleges.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan is to announce the initiatives in a speech on Monday in Selma, Ala., where on March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights marchers were beaten by Alabama state troopers.

Mr. Duncan plans to say that in the past decade the department’s Office for Civil Rights “has not been as vigilant as it should have been in combating gender and racial discrimination and protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities,” according to a text of the speech distributed to reporters on Sunday.

It continues, “We are going to reinvigorate civil rights enforcement.”...

...Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in EducationBy SAM DILLON
Published: March 7, 2010

LinkedinDiggFacebookMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink. Seeking to step up enforcement of civil rights laws, the federal Department of Education says it will be sending letters in coming weeks to thousands of school districts and colleges, outlining their responsibilities on issues of fairness and equal opportunity.

As part of that effort, the department intends to open investigations known as compliance reviews in about 32 school districts nationwide, seeking to verify that students of both sexes and all races are getting equal access to college preparatory curriculums and to advanced placement courses. The department plans to open similar civil rights investigations at half a dozen colleges.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan is to announce the initiatives in a speech on Monday in Selma, Ala., where on March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights marchers were beaten by Alabama state troopers.



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/education/08educ.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1268025548-setGOCBy5pjRX1Q56VaS1g

[Clio the Leo]

1. Oh? No one has anything to say when the news is positive huh?

I see how that works.

[SoxFan]

3. I'm sure the Aggrieved Resident of the State South of Georgia will complain

[girl gone mad]

4. Pretty sure this sort of thing is against the rules.

Not too late to self-censor.

[SoxFan]

8. Not censoring anything

She's accused me of everything short of the Manson Family murders. Her obstructionist act grew stale a long time ago.

[senseandsensibility]

5. Call out

The poster in question is a valued member of this board and her posts are appreciated and re'd routinely here.

[NavyMom]

2. I hope Virginia is included on this list...nt

[w4rma]

6. No kidding. We have a nutcase hater for an AG. (nt)

[Cha]

7. KR