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Policymakers, Researchers and Advocates Convene to Discuss Civil Rights Issues and Trends Shaping California for the Next 25 Years

The UCLA Civil Rights Project convened a summit of advocates, researchers and policymakers on December 5, 2024, in Sacramento, CA, to discuss the trends that are projected to shape civil rights in California for the next 25 years and the ways California can be a beacon for civil rights during an anti-civil rights era.

New Research on Teachers Highlights CA's Need to Recruit/Retain More Teachers of Color and Correct Unequal Distribution of Experienced Teachers

Two new studies of California teachers show we are far from reaching our goals of racial equality in the state. The first study uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative data collected over the course of one year from system leaders in teacher preparation, pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and former teachers to better understand current policies and practices that may be contributing to teacher burnout, turnover and early retirement of teachers of color and indigenous teachers. The second study is a policy brief that analyzes the most recent teacher experience and student race data available from the California Department of Education and shows that the inequitable distribution of experienced teachers in schools of differing racial compositions continues.

New CRP Report Shows North Carolina Schools Losing Hard-Earned Progress on Integration

North Carolina’s public school enrollment has become increasingly racially diverse, with White students now accounting for less than half of the state’s enrollment, yet schools across the state have become more segregated. The state was once a trailblazer in school desegregation, but 1 in 4 Black students and nearly 1 in 5 Hispanic students now attend an intensely segregated school of color in North Carolina.

New research reveals U.S. charter schools exhibit higher racial segregation compared to magnet schools in same districts

New research from the UCLA Civil Rights Project finds that the fast-growing charter sector is associated with more segregation than the magnet sector. The report examines schools in a sample of more than 100 districts that hosted at least five charter schools and five magnet schools in any year since 2000. This sample is key for evaluating choice policies and for enabling comparisons of locations where policymakers decided to implement both school choice models.

UCLA Civil Rights Project Assesses School Segregation 70 Years After Brown

Brown v. Board of Education was a turning point in American law and race relations. In a country where segregated education was the law in seventeen states with completely separate and unequal schools, Brown found that segregation was “inherently unequal” and violated the Constitution. A new report published today by the UCLA Civil Rights Project, The Unfinished Battle for Integration in a Multiracial America – from Brown to Now, discusses the present realities of school segregation and the patterns of change over 70 years.