Sentences with phrase «education as a civil right»

At that point, language - minority speakers and their advocates were arguing for bilingual education as a civil right.

Just as important as all that is the political message Judge Treu's decision sent across the country, that here is a court that views quality public education as a civil right, guaranteed, in this case, by the California constitution.

Democrats are divided over those who cater to teachers unions and those inclined to see education as a civil right.

A Conversation with Thomas Friedman, Part 4: Information Overload, College Costs and Education as a Civil Right

While it appears to be implied in the research and work of the authors cited, it is clear to this writer that the goal of equity must be specifically stated — not merely implied — and it must be fore - front in any work that seriously embraces «quality education as the civil rights issue of our generation.»

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For West, the presence of intact, hard - working families and the network of clubs, churches and sports leagues made segregation easier to bear and gave him the education, vision and self - confidence to join the civil rights movement as a young adult.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Showing perhaps too much confidence in nonviolence, education, legislation and litigation as the only appropriate means to eliminate cultural prejudice, the editors never wavered in their support for civil rights in general.

Ultimately, if a parent continues to be dissatisfied with the plan as implemented by the school district, s / he can seek redress with the Office of Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education), and beyond that, with the federal courts.

Democracy Matters is a campus - based organization that advocates for campaign finance reform as well as issues concerning the environment, civil rights, education, health care and foreign policy.

He stressed the need for the AG's department to collaborate with the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to embark on educational campaigns to sensitize the public on the laws of the country as well as their civil and legal rights.

Conservatives frame privatization as a civil rights issue, but Trump's extreme agenda is energizing racial justice and public education advocates.

«The Summit on Latinos seeks to advance the collective interests of Latinos in the city of New York by identifying common ground on key policy areas such as health, immigration, education, civil rights, and business and workforce development, among a host of others.»

He also served as a legal intern with the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Office of Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger, Judge David Trager of the Eastern District of New York and the Civil Rights Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

«As an IDC member, David has been an effective champion for us, working with Governor Cuomo to reform state government, expand civil rights and invest in public education and environmental protection.

Elected officials such as Assemblymen Keith Wright, Council members Robert Jackson, Gale Brewer, Inez Dickens and Senator Bill Perkins said attacking the NAACP over this issue was silly given the civil rights group's history of fighting for equal education.

With a background as a civil rights activist and as an early leader of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Perales would be a plus with Latinos, one of the fastest - growing groups of New Yorkers.

January 7, 2016 — When Congress, as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, called upon the U.S. Office of Education to commission a national survey of educational opportunity in the United States, its primary goal was to advance racial equity in eEducation to commission a national survey of educational opportunity in the United States, its primary goal was to advance racial equity in educationeducation.

The popular majorities — those who are forced to survive on wage labor, sometimes known as the 99 percent — are never able to win great substantial victories for democracy, but are forced to accept incremental steps towards achieving some small victories in the areas of progressive taxation, health care, universal education, retirement pensions, and environmental and consumer protections and civil rights.

You believe, as I do, that education is the civil rights issue of our time, because education provides the foundation for a just society.

The new school is housed at Compton's Church of the Redeemer, whose pastor, Kerry Allison, sees education reform as the civil rights movement of this century.

Some civil rights organizations say lumping together different types of students, such as English - language learners and students in special education, makes it much tougher to see how individual groups are progressing relative to other groups of students and the student population as a whole.

Many students became more activist - oriented as the civil rights movement raised the nation's consciousness to inequalities in the American education system.

Supporters of this idea include math education reformers, civil right leaders such as Robert Moses, and even President Clinton during his time in office.

• U.S. Department of Education's leadership and structure — trim programs and staffing; eliminate the Office of Civil Rights and transfer its functions to the Justice Department; restore the bully pulpit and reduce the use of regulation as the Secretary's principal lever for affecting state and local policy; and create collaborative relationship with relevant House and Senate leadership.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minoriCivil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorRights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and miEducation and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and mieducation block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minoricivil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorrights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorrights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.

In a conference call before his speech today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said: «In the last decade the 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.»

As civil rights icon Julian Bond said, «Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years» worth of education.»

As my time at Harvard comes to an end, I'm 100 percent certain the primary civil rights issue of contemporary society is education.

«You believe as I do that education is the Civil Rights issue of our time... education provides the foundation for a just society,» she said thanking the students for reminding «everyone in Harvard Yard about the importance of education.»

As we wrote, «NCLB is, in fact, a civil rights manifesto masquerading as an education accountability systeAs we wrote, «NCLB is, in fact, a civil rights manifesto masquerading as an education accountability systeas an education accountability system.

The lesson looks at the aspects of John F Kennedy's New Frontier and has students analyse if it was successful or not, looking at key areas such as education, civil rights, economy etc..

Although few and far between, private placements nonetheless are an important constitutional precedent for special education vouchers, as the latter constitute only an extension of a long - standing practice that dates back to the civil - rights revolution.

If quality education is the civil rights issue of our time, as Secretary Duncan has said, then it is worth knowing whether teachers and these minority groups are on the same page.

At the end of last week and again yesterday, I wrote about grim news from a new study regarding what teachers think students are learning when it comes to citizenship, and how distant our focus on education as the «new civil right» is from traditional concerns about preparing students for the rigors of citizenship.

Then the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) decided to add a measure of chronic absenteeism — defined as the proportion of students missing 15 or more school days — in its 2013 - 14 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Barone applauds the civil - rights movement, but nevertheless sees it as contributing to a destructive softening in education.

Hrabowski — a child of prominent Civil Rights activist of the 1960s — has long advocated for minority rights and education throughout his career as an activist, educator, administrator, author, and consuRights activist of the 1960s — has long advocated for minority rights and education throughout his career as an activist, educator, administrator, author, and consurights and education throughout his career as an activist, educator, administrator, author, and consultant.

The decent public education long denied New Orleans youth was framed as a civil right at least as fundamental as the access to jobs, public accommodations, and polling places that had been milestones in an earlier generation's fight to overcome segregation.

The court will seek to settle a long - standing split in the federal appeals courts over whether a broader federal civil rights law, known as Section 1983, also provides the basis for suits alleging sex discrimination in education.

For nearly a half - century in the U.S. Senate, Mr. Kennedy was a steadfast champion of the working class and the poor, and a powerful liberal voice on health care, civil rights, and other issues, as well as education.

As a September showdown neared, their coalition included the major teacher unions and public education associations, People for the American Way, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and several Jewish organizations, among others.

Just as the education - reform movement is starting to figure out how to use test - score data in a more sophisticated way, the Obama administration and its allies in the civil - rights community want to take us back to the Stone Age on the use of school - discipline data.

Many private schools do not want to be considered «recipients of federal financial assistance» out of concern that such a designation would make them subject to the onerous federal regulations and enforcement actions (such as those that fall under Title IX) of the federal civil rights agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (civil rights agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights rights agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (Civil Rights Rights (OCR).

Others include the 1975 civil rights law mandating public education for special needs children, the bilingual education act of 1968, and the original civil rights education law, which passed in 1965 as part of President Johnson's war on poverty and mandated federal funding to states, equal access for all children, and higher standards.

If you see education reform as a social justice or civil rights crusade, you will care mightily about whether every charter is educating its share of kids with disabilities and whether enough «people of color» are running these schools.

As Bush strategist Karl Rove explained in his book Courage and Consequence: «When Bush said education was the civil rights struggle of our time or that the absence of an accountability system in our schools meant black, brown, poor, and rural children were getting left behind, it gave listeners important information about his respect and concern for every family and deepened the impression that he was a different kind of Republican whom suburban voters... could be proud to support.»

Much of this diaspora is associated with a handful of ideas: the championing of public education as «the civil rights movement of our time»; executive - style leadership; charter schools; and an emphasis on data, especially test scores.

Slogans such as «education is the new civil right» sound forthright, but they burden practical policy discussions with tense personal and ideological commitments.