Results List
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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education
Source: Philanthropy New York
By Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor, Equity Initiatives & Human Capital Development, The Atlantic Philanthropies In recent years, thousands of New York City school children have been disciplined through exclusion from school, disengaging them from learning and increasing the likelihood they will get caught up…
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Race in School Discipline: Study Looks at Silence Among Educators
Source: Christian Science Monitor
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Tiago Robinson greeted students in the halls of Oakland High School in 2013 before his class session working with African-American students who are struggling with grades or suspension in his Manhood Development Program in Oakland, Calif. Robinson monitored the student's grades…
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Experts: Schools Can't Address Racial Disparities In Discipline Without Confronting Racial Issues
Source: The Discipline Disparities Collaborative
The tragic deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York City once again have shown that race remains a potent dividing line in American society. A nationally recognized panel of experts has concluded it’s time we recognize that racial issues…
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Miss. District Required to Adjust 'Discriminatory' Discipline Policies
Source: Education Week
By Nirvi ShahA new agreement aims to stop what the federal government has labeled discriminatory discipline practices in the 6,100-student Meridian, Miss., school district. The U.S. Department of Justice said today that the school district has agreed to take a number of steps to address…
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How gay marriage went mainstream
Source: The Irish Times
The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network is an Atlantic grantee.Kathy SheridanTHE GAY WEDDING BUS is revving up. In the driving seat is Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, sporting a big red T-shirt with the message, “Civil partnership is NOT marriage equality”. Behind him, highly excited, the latest…
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Department of Education Data Show Urgent Need to Address Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Source: Dignity in Schools Coalition
Today Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, announced the results of the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) – a national survey of 72,000 schools – which shows that racial disparities in school discipline, including suspensions, expulsions and arrests, remain alarmingly high in districts and states across the…
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Historic Decision at the United Nations
Source: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Council Passes First-Ever Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Geneva) - In a groundbreaking achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on human rights violations based…
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Frankly, they don't give a damn
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
By Miriam SteffensWhen it comes to philanthropy, many seriously wealthy Australians have deep pockets and short arms. IN THE midst of an unprecedented mining boom that's creating more millionaires than ever, rising standards of living and wealth, it is our dark little secret. Australian of…
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Will Arizona immigration law be 2012 issue?
Source: Politico
The ruling today overturning the most extreme parts of Arizona’s SB 1070 is, of course, a welcome one. No advocate for common sense immigration reform could possibly defend SB 1070, and any rebuke of this immoral and ineffective policy is a step in the right…
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Catalytic Philanthropy: Investing in Policy Advocacy
Source: PhilanTopic (Philanthropy News Digest)
Philanthropy News Digest's blog PhilanTopic named The Atlantic Philanthropies as an organization that has made policy advocacy a cornerstone of its philanthropic strategy in its post on why policy advocacy is one of the most important tools needed to drive social change: Policy advocacy -- a…
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