Hear Cancel the Contract education justice organizer Raquel Derfler and Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS) attorney Chelsea Helena speak out on KPFK radio about the legal action filed with Equal Justice Society in May to stop the Antelope Valley Union High School District’s discriminatory suspensions and expulsions of Black students and students with disabilities. As Raquel and Chelsea lay outContinue reading “EJS Allies Interview with KPFK Radio on Antelope Valley Schools Lawsuit”
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Justice Sotomayor Dissent in Affirmative Action Cases Cites Brief by EJS and ChangeLawyers
As Justice Sotomayor pronounces in her dissent, citing EJS’s and ChangeLawyers’ brief: “At bottom, race conscious admissions benefit all students . . . [t]hat includes the Asian American community.”
Report: Hidden expulsions? Schools kick students out but call it a ‘transfer’
A recent report summarized in an April 4, 2023, Los Angeles Times article highlights school transfers, a largely hidden segment of the school-to-prison pipeline. According to the Hechinger Report, transfers “represent a large yet hidden share of California’s exclusionary discipline, blocking students from attending their own schools and pushing them onto new campuses or intoContinue reading “Report: Hidden expulsions? Schools kick students out but call it a ‘transfer’”