Restore funding for magnet schools! PRRAC joined the National Coalition on School Diversity in a letter to Congress urging restoration of funding for the Magnet Schools Assistance Program in the final budget bill. You can express your support for restored magnet school funding here - but act quickly, time is short! Charter schools and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 12, 2015): Magnet school program threatened; gentrification and charters; annual appeal
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PRRAC Update (October 22, 2015): AFFH preparations; HUD’s new harassment rule
AFFH is coming: After working for many years with HUD to get a final fair housing rule issued, PRRAC and other civil rights and housing advocates are now gearing up to ensure successful implementation of the rule out in the field. One of our goals is to alert leaders and activists working in public health and education that the new planning rule is also an important tool to … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 22, 2015): AFFH preparations; HUD’s new harassment rule
PRRAC Update (October 1, 2015): Fair housing reflections in the new P&R
Fair housing reflections in the new Poverty & Race: > "Inclusive Communities Financial Institutions," the second of two articles from Betsy Julian seeking to reimagine future federal housing policy. > "False Choices in Fair Housing Policy," by John Henneberger, explores the simplistic "either/or" narrative that has come to dominate media accounts of the new HUD … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 1, 2015): Fair housing reflections in the new P&R
PRRAC Update (September 10, 2015): School Diversity Conference; Title VI at Treasury
Agenda now available for the Sept 24-25 National School Diversity Conference: "21st Century School Integration: Building the Movement for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion," featuring a policy plenary with Department of Education Deputy Secretary John King, a keynote lunch discussion with New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, and an afternoon plenary session with student … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 10, 2015): School Diversity Conference; Title VI at Treasury
PRRAC Update (August 20, 2015): Time’s running out?
Continuing advocacy in the federal executive branch: As the election year approaches, the federal regulatory process moves with increasing urgency. In the past few weeks, we've submitted detailed comments on the proposed new Head Start performance standards (which include classroom diversity for the first time), submitted joint comments with the Center on Budget and Policy … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 20, 2015): Time’s running out?
