Tag: education
member name: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
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August 17, 2006 10:02 AM EDT --
What do you think about education reform? Join us in a LIVE CHAT 9/22/06 - see bottom of this post for details.
There is much talk about the "achievement gap" in education today, but little . . .
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August 22, 2006 12:31 PM EDT --
Good Afternoon Gatherers!
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) in conjunction with the Gather Editorial Series on Education is pleased to welcome David J. Goldberg to this afternoon's . . .
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February 20, 2007 04:33 PM EST --
We're looking for reader feedback and suggestions - so be sure to let us know what you think about our selections by commenting below!
Making Malcolm by Michael Eric Dyson: Dyson . . .
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August 02, 2006 12:02 PM EDT --
This fall, only 96 of the more than 4,700 incoming freshman at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - a mere 2 percent - are African American.
All nine universities in the University of California . . .
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August 18, 2006 04:07 PM EDT --
In conjunction with the Gather Editorial Series on Education, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) invites all Gather members to participate in an online discussion with David J. Goldberg, . . .
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November 14, 2006 11:02 AM EST --
How do you gauge the success of a school? Graduation rates? Test scores? Homework load? Happy students? Discuss it below!
Since its passage in 2001, the No Child Left Behind Act . . .
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January 16, 2007 05:28 PM EST --
The Call for Civil Rights:
A National Conference Call on the Civil Rights Agenda in the 110th Congress
with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Assistant Majority Leader
Get prepared. Get involved. Get . . .
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January 24, 2007 01:49 PM EST --
On Wednesday, January 24, 2007 from 2-3pm (EDT), Ellen Buchman, national field director for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights talked with Gather members about civil rights priorities for the 110th . . .
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January 16, 2007 05:14 PM EST --
"Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power."
— The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community?" . . .
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January 19, 2007 03:10 PM EST --
Yesterday, hundreds of activists from across the country joined Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and prominent civil right leaders on a National Conference Call to identify civil rights priorities for the 110th . . .
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August 11, 2006 01:37 PM EDT --
Matt Fleischman is a Political Science and Economics Major at the Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Below is his answer to the question, "What is the most pressing civil rights issue at . . .
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August 11, 2006 01:48 PM EDT --
Most Americans would be shocked to discover that the children in Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, are not guaranteed the right to a public education. By contrast, the constitutions of 48 states . . .
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August 11, 2006 02:35 PM EDT --
Do we still need affirmative action? Edward Paulino from New York City says yes.
Affirmative Action has given me the access to countless opportunities. For me, Affirmative Action began in 1987 as . . .
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August 11, 2006 12:19 PM EDT --
Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director of the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights, reflects on her own struggle for educational access.
The real impact of Brown versus Board of Education is that it . . .
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September 19, 2006 02:14 PM EDT --
Seventy-five percent of white students graduate from high school, but only half of black and Latino students graduate.
Two out of three children will not have the skills to compete in today's society. . . .
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April 29, 2007 11:46 PM EDT --
by David J. Goldberg, Program Manager and Special Counsel for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Senator Bradley paints a very bleak – but fairly accurate – picture of the state . . .
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January 18, 2007 10:37 AM EST --
A National Conference Call on the Civil Rights Agenda in the 110th Congress
with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Assistant Majority Leader
Get prepared. Get involved. Get active.
On the dawn of . . .
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August 11, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
The nation's colleges and universities have begun opening up minority scholarships, fellowships, and other programs to all students in response to pressure from affirmative action opponents, which . . .
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November 05, 2006 09:09 PM EST --
College students on nine Michigan campuses held events October 18, National Take Affirmative Action Day (NTAAD), to inform students in the state of the potential consequences of Proposal 2, a ballot initiative . . .
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November 15, 2006 03:18 PM EST --
Help celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Civil Rights Book Club by joining in a discussion of the books on lccrbookclub.gather.com! Below are the past year's top five favorite . . .
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