Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic

Jessica Levin with Education Law Center on vouchers: "They are truly accessible by the few but harm the many." Please view this important hearing: https://lnkd.in/eq-SejuV Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic "Education Without Limits: Exploring the Benefits of School Choice" | Committee on Education & the https://lnkd.in/e4NkDwV8

Today's hearing on school choice featured testimony from Education Law Center's Jessica Levin--it is worth watching to understand the impact of vouchers on public education https://lnkd.in/gd5EYjDS

Student attorneys in the Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic have been busy!! In addition to working on client projects, students attended a hearing in the House of Representatives on "The State of Education in America" and the confirmation hearing for Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education

The Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic Clinic Director Janel George joined the The African American Policy Forum for a conversation about attacks on Black women and the urgency for understanding these attacks through an intersectional lens as part of a larger project to undermine racial progress.

Please join Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic Director Janel George for the The African American Policy Forum's Critical Race Theory Summer School There’s still time to sign up for Critical Race Theory Summer School Don’t miss out! We’re 24 hours out, but there’s still time to?sign up and virtually attend?the 5th Annual Critical Race Theory Summer School. As a special incentive for the next 48 hours, registration will be 50% off.? In just the last week, the importance of developing a deep understanding of systemic racism has become ever-more apparent. Consider: Sonya Massey, a 36-year old Black woman was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy outside Springfield, Illinois.?This, despite posing no threat to the officer, and having raised her hands in fear when the officer pointed his gun at her and threatened to “shoot her in the face.” In the wake of Kamala Harris securing enough delegates to become the Democratic presidential nominee, right-wing commentators have been attacking her as a DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) candidate. They insist she was only chosen for the 2020 ticket because of her identity as a woman of color. This smear is par for the course lately, with “DEI” having become the latest version of a racial slur for some. But to understand why these things keep happening – why Black women continue to face such disproportionate (but often unnamed) police violence and why successful folks of color face such constant scrutiny of their qualifications – critical race theory is indispensable. And CRT Summer School can help! In light of recent events, here are some important highlights from our agenda! Attorney Benjamin Crump?will be joining us for our homeroom session, Tuesday morning, to discuss the murder of Sonya Massey. Joining Tim Wise in the?DEI Intensive, will be special guests?Amalea Smirniotopoulos and Michaele Turnage Young, from NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Equal Protection Initiative, Olivia Sedwick, from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Tanya Katerí?Hernández, from Fordham University School of Law. Nine hours of CLE credit?are available this year! CRT Summer School?is for all who care about the fight for racial justice, the freedom to learn, LGBTQ+ rights, public education, diversity, equity, inclusion, and multiracial democracy. It’s a place where students, parents, teachers, artists, activists, and people of all backgrounds can learn from one another to revive the spirit of 1964’s Freedom Summer. #racialjustice #crt We are coming together to say:?No U-Turn On Racial Justice!

Segregation is not inevitable--Brown's Promise outlines state strategies to foster high-quality and diverse education opportunities

Clinic Director Janel George joined a briefing on the 70th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling hosted by Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott of the House Education and Workforce Committee. The recording is available here: https://lnkd.in/dDByGPdB

Upon emancipation, one of the first things that many Black Americans sought was education. Formerly enslaved Black lawmakers led the charge during Reconstruction to help craft the nation's contemporary public education system and to craft education provisions in state constitutions. Education is Freedom. More of this history and Black Americans' efforts to secure education are chronicled here https://lnkd.in/eNCNCKQb #Juneteenth Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic

Happening May 1-2 Center for American Progress Education Summit Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic Director Janel George will discuss racial disparities in school discipline and how to address them through evidence-based interventions.

The Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic director Janel George on the activism of Black parents that is so often obscured and erased in the public narrative The African American Policy Forum https://lnkd.in/d8AXKDEG