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The Coalition for TJ, a local single-issue advocacy group, [3] opposed the changes to the admissions policy, asserting they would have a disparate impact on Asian applicants and the policy change was intended to racially balance the student body by reducing the number of Asian students (citing the public statements made by the Fairfax County ...
The movement for compulsory public education (in other words, prohibiting private schools and requiring all children to attend public schools) in the United States began in the early 1920s. It started with the Smith-Towner bill, a bill that would eventually establish the National Education Association and provide federal funds to public schools.
The coalition, a council of governments representing nearly every school district in the state, was formed in 1991. It filed a complaint in the Perry County Court of Common Pleas on December 19, 1991, on behalf of Nathan DeRolph, a 15-year-old freshman at Sheridan High School and 550 school districts in the state. [ 9 ]
She noted that while test scores for students in Washington’s public schools have been falling, the state has the fifth highest per-pupil spending in the nation, according to the U.S. Department ...
Last week, Rep. Thomas Massie re-introduced a bill that seeks to abolish the U.S. Department of Education.. The one-sentence bill was re-introduced by Massie, a Republican representing Kentucky ...
President Donald Trump’s Department of Education has told K-12 schools and higher learning institutions that Title IX protections will be recognized on the basis of biological sex.
The Citywide Educational Coalition (CWEC) is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational reform organization whose goal is to provide reliable and objective information on the Boston Public Schools to parents and citizens, enabling citizens to participate in policy making directly and through their school committee and increasing support for public education in Boston, Massachusetts.
Representatives from 38 colleges participated in the founding meeting to establish a new organization to provide a unified voice representing the interests and concerns of Christian colleges to government decision-makers and the general public. [2] The Coalition and the Consortium shared facilities in Washington, D.C. until 1982, when the ...