USDE: Civil Rights Reviews For 30+ Districts
Is this the much-delayed return of the USDE's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement or just a little distraction to help get us through the day?
Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education NYT: 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.
Ed officials to step up civil rights enforcement AP: The federal Department of Education plans to intensify its civil rights enforcement efforts in schools around the country, including a deeper look at issues ranging from programs for immigrant students learning English to equal access to a college preparatory courses....
Duncan will pressure schools to enforce civil rights lawsWashington Post: Ali said the department plans to initiate 38 compliance reviews this year. There were 29 initiated last year, she said, and 42 in 2008. But she said the depth of the reviews will be "much greater than in the past."