Sentences with phrase «school legal defense fund»

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Nabozny, with the help of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, won a landmark federal lawsuit (and eventually settled for close to $ 1 million) against school administrators in his home state of Wisconsin who failed to a spate of stop brutal anti-gay bullying at his school of which he was the target.

«I've helped secure two new public schools for the district (an elementary school on 17th Street and most recently, a new middle school at 75 Morton St.), fought NYU's irresponsible campus expansion plan, established a legal defense fund for rent - stabilized tenants... and brokered a deal to renovate Washington Square Park,» he said.

The legality of linking high school graduation to test scores in Texas has been challenged by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF).

Tom Saenz, national head of the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, talked of «parents whose kids are victims of poor schools.

with Education Law Center Executive Director David Sciarra, Rutgers University Graduate School of Education Professor Bruce Baker, HGSE Professor Andres Alonso, and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Southwest Regional Counsel David Hinojosa.

The Mexican - American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a Latino advocacy group, had sued on behalf of Lucresia Mayorga Santamaria, saying that two of the Dallas mother's children were discriminated against because they were assigned to English - as - a-second-language classes at Preston Hollow Elementary School based on their ethnicity, not their language...

And in its defense Wednesday, the state once again disputed whether the plaintiff school districts» legal team had proved that funding was inadequate and hurting students.

Washington — Amid strong signals that the Reagan Administration is hardening its opposition to busing for school desegregation, the naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund has asked a federal judge for permission to intervene in the U.S. Justice Department's desegregation suit against the Charleston County, S.C., public schools.

Some 11 years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas's system of financing public schools, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has launched a new challenge in state court, charging that the finance system denies students in poor districts equal educational opportunity and should be declared unconstitutional.

We at IDRA applaud the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund for filing its lawsuit this week against the state of Texas over school funding on behalf of four property - poor school districts and three parents.

Report of the Intercultural Development Research Association Related to the Extent of Equity in the Texas School Finance System and Its Impact on Selected Student Related Issues, Prepared for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition v. Williams, No.

GROUPS PUSH TO INCLUDE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE IN ESSA PLANS: Parents, students and advocates from the Dignity in Schools Campaign and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., are urging states to cut down on exclusionary discipline practices in state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

The Alliance for School Choice and the Institute for Justice have offered their services by creating a legal defense fund to assist the private schools.

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) California Community College Chancellor's Office Center for Innovation in Education (CIE) College Board College Transition Collaborative Colorado Department of Education ConnectEd Del Lago Academy Digital Promise EdImagine EdInsights Education First EducationCounsel Envision Learning Partners Farmington Public Schools Great Schools Partnership Harvard Innovation Lab Hillsdale High School Internationals Network for Public Schools Irvine Foundation Ithaca College James Graham Brown Foundation Jobs for the Future June Jordan School for Equity Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Learning Policy Institute Los Angeles Unified School District Lumina Foundation Maker Ed Making Caring Common Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mastery Transcript Consortium Microsoft Montpelier School District NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Urban League New Haven Academy New York Performance Standards Consortium Oakland Unified School District Pomona College Raikes Foundation Riverdale Country School San Francisco International High School Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Smith College Southern New Hampshire University Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) Stuart Foundation Summit Public Schools The City University of New York The Education Trust The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Trovvit UC Riverside UNCF University of California, Office of the President University of Florida University of Michigan University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Southern California University of Texas, Austin University of Washington Virginia Beach City Public Schools

Dignity in Schools Campaign members, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Partners for Each and Every Child launched the ESSA Engage for Equity campaign and pre-released its accompanying jointly developed Toolkit.

WASHINGTON — Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and AAUW attended the School Safety and Climate Summit hosted by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

Partners for Each and Every Child, the Dignity in Schools Campaign, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. have developed this toolkit to serve as a call to action and to empower parents, families, caregivers, students, and other community members with the information and tools they need to take action on ESSA in sSchools Campaign, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. have developed this toolkit to serve as a call to action and to empower parents, families, caregivers, students, and other community members with the information and tools they need to take action on ESSA in schoolsschools.

MALDEF Decries Latest Decision of Texas Supreme Court — Ruling Abandons Low - wealth Districts and Upholds Glaring Inequities in the School Finance System, by Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Ralph Martire, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability Catherine Brown, Center for American Progress David Sciarra, Education Law Center Tom Saenz, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund Michael Rebell, Campaign for Educational Equity Doris Williams, Rural School and Community Trust Karen Hawley Miles, Education Resource Strategies Cindy Brown, Center for American Progress

The Dignity in Schools Campaign, Partners for Each and Every Child, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. has developed this toolkit to serve as a call to action and to empower parents, families, care - givers, students,...

The Dignity in Schools Campaign, Partners for Each and Every Child, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. has developed this toolkit to serve as a...

The Dignity in Schools Campaign, Partners for Each and Every Child, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. has developed this toolkit to serve as a call to action and to empower parents, families, care - givers, students, and other community members with the information and tools they need to be actively involved in making decisions that impact their sSchools Campaign, Partners for Each and Every Child, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. has developed this toolkit to serve as a call to action and to empower parents, families, care - givers, students, and other community members with the information and tools they need to be actively involved in making decisions that impact their schoolsschools.

«Racial discrimination in our nation's educational systems persists and both the Departments of Education and Justice are failing to protect the civil rights and educational future of our Black and brown students,» said Todd A. Cox, director of policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. «This administration must stop endangering students of color and instead ensure equal educational opportunities and foster educational excellence by upholding the federal school discipline guidance and promoting policies and programs that keep students safe.»

In response to that meeting, several organizations, including the Advancement Project, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) and the Dignity in Schools Campaign issued statements imploring the Department to keep the guidance in place.

We kicked off the semester at our school's Fall Block Party where we set up an activity booth, handed out Animal Legal Defense Fund booklets and Compassion Over Killing factory farming materials, and teamed up with a local restaurant to sell vegan soups to students.

Law students in particular can join their schools» Student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapters; we have student chapters at 149 law schools.

Among ALDF's many efforts to support the field of animal law is our growing network of Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) chapters on law school campuses throughout the U.S. and Canada.

March 17, 2015: New York City — The Intersection Between Anti-Gay Bullying, Domestic Violence, and Animal Rights, hosted by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund at the Cardozo Law School

Founded in the Summer of 2008, the Student Chapter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund of the University of Chicago Law School has already been very active in raising awareness of animal welfare issues at the law sSchool has already been very active in raising awareness of animal welfare issues at the law schoolschool.

Joining the Animal Legal Defense Fund is the fulfillment of a long - time dream for Elizabeth, who went to law school for the sole purpose of protecting animals through the legal syLegal Defense Fund is the fulfillment of a long - time dream for Elizabeth, who went to law school for the sole purpose of protecting animals through the legal sylegal system.

The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund is hosting talks on the legal attacks faced by climate scientists, on Thursday, May 7th, from 6 - 7:30 pm at Columbia Law ScLegal Defense Fund is hosting talks on the legal attacks faced by climate scientists, on Thursday, May 7th, from 6 - 7:30 pm at Columbia Law Sclegal attacks faced by climate scientists, on Thursday, May 7th, from 6 - 7:30 pm at Columbia Law School.

The Civil Rights Appellate Clinic at The Dickinson School of Law at Penn State filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP on behalf of six national organizations — the National Employment Lawyers Association, American Association of Justice, AARP, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center.

We have an animal law program, which focuses on introducing classes to law schools and helping student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapters start.

2L Legal Intern, U.S. Climate Legal & Regulatory Advocacy (Summer 2018) Environmental Defense Fund... school transcripts, writing sample, and a cover letter.