News Clips
- August 04, 2010 | Washington Post Trying to work with, not against, President Obama on education Ruth Marcus has misunderstood the position of the civil rights groups that are helping to shape education reform ["Picking the wrong fight with Obama," op-ed, July 30]. We face an unprecedented crisis in education that requires bold measures designed to achieve broad structural changes. Our framework document does not argue in favor of the status quo. Indeed, it offers constructive criticism and a thoughtful analysis of the administration's Blueprint for Reform, along with recommendations on issues ranging from school finance and teacher preparation to parental involvement and school discipline.
- July 30, 2010 Vigorous Dialogue Around Education Framework Continues The Lawyers' Committee, in collaboration with other national civil rights and education advocacy organizations, has released a Framework for Providing All Students an Opportunity to Learn through Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
- April 29, 2010 | Afro-American Newspapers Suit Against State Progresses The Lawyers' Committees' lawsuit against the Maryland Higher Education Commission was the topic of an article in Afro-Amreican Newspapers on April 29th. The piece discusses progress made in the case and the Lawyers' Committee's goal of "complete parity between Traditionally White and Black institutions" in Maryland's Higher Education System.
- September 14, 2009 | Baltimore Sun Morgan Attacks Planned Online Ph.D. Program This most recent attempt by the University of Maryland system to duplicate a program that already exists at Morgan State, an HBCU, is consistent with our plaintiffs' claims in Coalition for Equity and Excellence v. MHEC.
- September 03, 2009 | Diverse Issues in Higher Education Legal Battles Continue in Fight for Equity in Maryland Higher Education
- June 10, 2009 | Washington Times CITIZEN JOURNALISM: 'School-to-prison pipeline'
- April 28, 2009 | WSTC/WNLK Local News Hartford celebrates Desegregation Anniversary
- April 28, 2009 Sound the Alarm ... Civil Rights, Still At Risk With the historic election of Barack Obama as this nation's first African American president, we still are in a time where we must "sound the alarm" and heighten awareness of the ongoing struggle for racial justice and equality across the country as never before. The racial contradictions in our society are in many ways peaking instead of waning. Nowhere is this truer than in this term of when the U.S. Supreme Court is slated to hear nine civil rights cases, almost a record number.
- April 27, 2009 | WTNH 20-Year Battle for 20 Magnet Schools
- April 27, 2009 The 20th Anniversary of the Sheff v. O'Neill Lawsuit
- April 27, 2009 | Host, John Dankosky The 20th Anniversary of the Sheff versus O'Neill Lawsuit
- April 26, 2009 | Orlando Sentinel Orange Schools' Biracial-Panel Gaffe May Keep Feds' Oversight
