Archived Equity in the News Articles

The links below will take you to recent news articles regarding issues of equity in education that really matter. Our staff members handpick key articles from hundreds of publications and provide links to the original sources. When national equity matters arise, we take special measures to include these articles as well. Some major topics include desegregation, closing the achievement gap, minimizing disparities in educational outcomes, discrimination, disproportionality and issues involving the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). In other words, we do all the research...and you get the news you want!

In The News :

• Many LA Students in Spend Years in Segregated ELL Classes
• Parents Allowed to Initiate School Reforms in LA
• Equity Funding in AZ – 15 Years Later
• Grant to help train American Indian Educators
• San Juan Unified Takes Bold Action to Turn Around School
• Nevada Seeking Ways to Tap in to Stimulus Funds
• Reforming Philadelphia Schools for Desegregation 2009
• LA Budget Cuts Create Crowded Classrooms
• Bilingual Programs Offered in Some California Schools
• California Principal Thought of as Turnaround Specialist
• Weekend Language Program Keeps Spanish a Priority
• AZ Charter School Leads Education Revolution
• Gifted strategies for ALL kids
• Marginalized Students Feel Effects of Budget Cuts
• Achievement Gaps Persist in California
• Data Deficit: Formula for Measuring Poverty is Hurting Kids
• Las Vegas School District Targeted because of Unequal Achievement
• AZ Charter School Dilemmas
• Private Operators could run Troubled LA Schools
• National Report Highlights Efforts of Increasing Minorities in Gifted and AP Programs
• An Investigation into Arizona’s Private School Tax Credits Program
• English Only Initiatives Spark Interest Across the US
• Proposed AZ Ban on Ethnic Studies Courses
• Online Textbooks in CA – Promoting Equity, Access and Opportunity?
• The Primary Cause for Gender Disparity in Math is Opportunity
• 6th Grade Presentation on Harvey Milk Banned from CA School
  
• California Releases Annual Report on Dropouts and Graduation
• The Separate-but-Equal Debate in Gifted Education
• Study Examines Cooperative-Learning Results by Race
• Racial Disparities Persist in Higher-paying Jobs
• Tucson Unified School District’s Post-Unitary Status Plan Approved by Board
• Duncan Wants Title I Dollars to Drive Reform
• McKinsey Report: Achievement Gaps Are Causing The Equivalent of A Deep Recession
• AZ Parents Graduate from the American Dream Academy
• Supreme Court hears case on teaching English Language Learners
• Autism Inclusion
• Student with special needs is ready for graduation
• Education of Native American culture stressed
• Religious discrimination suit settled in Nevada