Benchmark Institute is a training and performance development
organization dedicated to increasing the quality and quantity of
legal services to low-income communities.
|
|
|
Desegregation
“Race in American Public Schools: Rapidly
Resegregating School Districts,
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/deseg/reseg_schools02.php
Adequacy and Equity
Filed in 2000, Williams v. California alleged
that the California Department of Education failed to provide public
school students with equal access to instructional materials, safe and
decent school facilities, and qualified teachers. The settlement is being
implemented through (SB) 6, SB 550, (AB) 1550, AB 2727, AB 3001 enacted in
August 2004. Up to 2.3 million California public school students may
benefit.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/ce/wc/index.asp
For a discussion of all of the cases around the U.S. involving this issue
see
“Overview and Inventory of State Education Reforms: 1900 to 2000”,
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003020
Affirmative Action
Grutter v. Bollinger (02-241) and Gratz v.
Bollinger (02-516) (June 23, 2003)
Everything you wanted to know about these two cases that challenged the
affirmative action programs at the University of Michigan. Find background
information, court briefs and court opinions, commentary by constitutional
scholars, and resources for instructors concerning class discussion about
affirmative action
http://www.umich.edu/~urel/admissions/new/
Preserving Affirmative Action
http://equaljusticesociety.org
Hate Crimes
Information on California Hate Crimes
http://www.ag.ca.gov/publications/civilrights/01CRhandbook/chapter1.htm
|
|
|