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Rachel M. Perera – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Using newly available data on all civil rights complaints submitted to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights related to racial discrimination in discipline between 1999 and 2018, I provide the first systematic evidence on how modern federal civil rights enforcement is used to address racial discrimination in discipline. I find…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Racial Discrimination
Chaiken, Jan; McDonald, Douglas – 1988
This report looks at what happens to individuals arrested at the federal level for drug crimes, including the number of drug offenders who are prosecuted and convicted, the types of sentences they receive, the amount of time they actually serve in prisons, and their rates of recidivism after release from prison. Data are presented which indicate…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Legislation, Federal Courts, Federal Legislation
Phillip, Mary-Christine – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1994
Effects of Brown vs. Board of Education, the 1954 case in which the Supreme Court outlawed "separate but equal" education, are examined. Selected events in the history since the decision are chronicled, and trends in high school and college graduation rates for black students are charted. Educators discuss their own experiences of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Education, College Graduates, Court Litigation