Understanding Title VI
A new primer from the Education Rights Institute explains schools’ obligations to prevent and remedy discrimination on race, color and national origin under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The primer describes the origins of Title VI and explains how Title VI applies to public and private schools receiving federal funding today, the types of prohibited discrimination and the enforcement process.
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Video: Disparate Treatment vs. Disparate Impact
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Toward a High-Quality Education
A new report from the Education Rights Institute offers a primer on why reducing opportunity gaps — rather than achievement gaps — is the key to a high-quality education. It also introduces two important components of a high-quality education: college and career readiness and civic engagement.
“Guaranteeing a federal right of every student to receive a high-quality education would provide the missing building blocks for our nation to enjoy a thriving democracy, robust economy and just society.”
—Professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson, Director of the Education Rights Institute
