Vigorous Dialogue Around Education Framework

The Lawyers' Committee, in collaboration with other national civil rights and education advocacy organizations, released a Framework for Providing All Students an Opportunity to Learn through Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Read More »

Fisher v. Texas

A federal district court recently upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) use of race in admission decisions. Fisher v. Texas is the first federal court challenge to the 2003 Supreme Court decision in Grutter v. Bollinger.  Read More »

Black Colleges & Universities Sue Maryland

Lawyers' Committee represents plaintiffs in The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education v. Maryland Higher Education Commission case that alleges that Maryland has failed to dismantle the effects of its prior de jure system. Read More »

UNC Civil Rights Project Conference

The Educational Opportunities Project participated at the syposium held at the University of North Carolina School of Law entitled, "Looking to the Future Legal and Policy Options for Racially Integrated Education in the South and the Nation."  Read More »

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About the Education Project

Educational Opportunities Project Mission

The Educational Opportunities Project strives to guarantee that all students receive equal educational opportunities in public schools and institutions of higher learning. Working with private law firms and community leaders, the Educational Opportunities Project has been particularly successful in promoting school integration; supporting the mission of the No Child Left Behind Act; and challenging discriminatory discipline and classroom assignment practices as well as school finance inadequacy. Read more »
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