Education Rights Center
at Howard University School of Law

UNC Center for Civil Rights Hosts National Civil Rights Conference
National Coalition on School Diversity Releases Reports on the Academic Outcomes of Integration
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finds California in violation of NCLB's teacher quality provision
Obama Administration announces plans to combat racial disparities in school discipline
North Carolina NAACP files adminstrative complaint against Wake County School Board for resegregating its schools.
Education Law Center releases National Report Card on school funding fairness
National Coalition on School Diversity nominates James Ryan, Maria Blanco, and David Sciarra for US Dept. of Education commission on finance equity
Intersection of Racial Isolation and Quality Educational Opportunities 
Federal Role in School Funding Inequities
Education Rights Center report on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's failure to ensure equity for poor students or to incentivize the deconcentration of poverty.
ESEA Reathorization Joint Policy Statement
The Education Rights Center, along with the National Coalition on School Diversity's key principles regarding diversity and equity that must be included in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Joint Statement on Federal Diversity Policy
In advance of its interaction with various federal adminstration officials through a civil rights conference at Howard Law School, the National Coaltion on School Diversity issues its policy recommendations for increasing diversity and minimizing inequity if various federal sectors.
The Education Rights Center's Director, Derek Black, analyzes voluntary desegregation as an effort by schools to meet there state constitutional obligations to provide equal and quality educational opportunities, as well as counteract racial stigma.

Education Rights Center co-sponsored school integration conference at Howard University School of Law. The conference featured the Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights, along with several other Obama
adminstration officials, leading scholars, and civil rights advocates.
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Agenda
Harvard Law School Hosts Conference on the Future of School Desegregation.
link to agenda and materials