Media Coverage 2024
Some Texas public school leaders take a different tone on vouchers; advocates hold firm, Texas Standard, by Camille Phillips, Texas Public Radio, December 20, 2024
The incoming Trump administration has floated closing the Education Department. Hear about the existing relationship between the federal government and local public schools, by Jennifer Stayton, KUT News Now, KUTX, December 20, 2024
Empowering Latine families for higher education, Daisy Bolanos, The Daily Californian, December 18, 2024
Silent Crisis: When Bullying Targets Black Students, by Quintessa Williams, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, December 18, 2024
Hector Bojorquez – Vulnerability and its transformative power in education, ¡Adelante! Leadership Podcast, December 17, 2024
12,000+ Texas kids sent to court for missing class, no one tracks what happens next, by David Barer, Kelly Wiley, KXAN, November 26, 2024
“Monsters Don’t Look Like Anything”: Censorship and Children, by Kelley Taksier, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), November 24, 2024
NOVA School Districts Attack English Learner Civil Rights, by James A. Bacon, Bacon’s Rebellion, November 21, 2024
These States Are Moving Forward With School Choice Programs to ‘Unlock Doors’ for Children, by Talia Wise, Christian Broadcasting Network, November 20, 2024
Undocumented Students Have the Right to a Free Education. This Is Why, by Ileana Najarro, EducationWeek, November 15, 2024
What Election Day results could mean for school vouchers in Texas, by Talia Richman and Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas Morning News, November 5, 2024
KLRN Educator Resources | November 2024, by Ian Cruz, KLRN-PBS, November 1, 2024
Children Are a Rainforest of Potential – A conversation with Georgia educator Katie Rinderle, who was fired for reading a children’s book about acceptance, by Learning for Justice Staff, Fall 2024
Operation Graduation 2024 encourages dropouts to return to school, Arlington ISD, October 9, 2024
KLRN Educator Resources | October 2024, by Ian Cruz, KLRN-PBS, October 1, 2024
Grade retention and the law, by Robert Kim, Under the Law, Kappan, September 30, 2024
ILSR Launches Digital Opportunity Lab, by Sean Gonsalves, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, September 25, 2024
Protecting Equal Access to Education: Dispatches from Fellows Advocating for Education Access, Equal Justice Works, September 19, 2024
Left Powerless: Non-English–Speaking Parents Denied Vital Translation Services, Amanda Geduld, The 74, September 19, 2024
LDF Files Amicus Brief Supporting Access to Public Library Books about Race and Gender, press release, Legal Defense Fund, September 11, 2024
Digital Ambassadors teach computer literacy skills to colonia residents, Dayna Reyes, Rio Grande Guardian, August 20, 2024
‘Educate our children’s children’: Why Texas grandparents are stepping up against vouchers, Austin American-Statesman (also in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Corpus Christi Caller-Times), August 13, 2024
Fronteras: What’s the status of Mexican American Studies in schools? New report reveals MAS enriches lives, but faces challenges, by Norma Martinez, Marian Navarro, Texas Public Radio, August 9, 2024
Tips for Advocating for Inclusive Education, Learning for Justice Magazine, August 5, 2024
Schools chief riles teachers with bombshell revelation about how black studies course breaks the law, by James Reinl, Daily Mail, August 1, 2024
Altheria Caldera, Open to Debate, August 2024
Youth Dignity Takings: How Book and Trans Bans Take Youth Property and Dignity, Sarah M. Camiscoli, Maryam Salmanova, & Ibtihal Chamakh, in Loyola Interdisciplinary Journal of Public Interest Law, August 2024
Web story by Connect Humanity: South Texas colonia students step up as tech connectors – A showcase of the Rio Grande Valley Digital Ambassadors Program – IDRA and ARISE Adelante joined forces to launch the Digital Ambassadors program, to train high-school students in four colonias as guides to help residents in Las Milpas, South Tower, Muñiz, and Hargill with essential digital skills, July 2024
Georgia superintendent says Black studies course breaks law against divisive racial teachings, by Jeff Amy, The Associated Press, July 31, 2024 (also ran in U.S. News & World Report, 11 Alive Atlanta, Arizona Daily Star, The Seattle Times, WABE PBS, Yahoo! News, and over 250 more outlets)
Area school districts included in ACLU letter about school dress codes, Fox 34 Lubbock, July 28, 2024
Saenz appointed Rio Grande Valley Broadband Coalition program manager, by Steve Taylor, Rio Grande Guardian, July 27, 2024
Advocacy orgs: Texas school policies violate hair discrimination law, by Julian Roberts-Grmela, Chalkboard News, July 26, 2024
Georgia schools superintendent says no state funding for AP African American studies course, by Thomas Wheatley, Axios Atlanta, July 7, 2024
Horned Frogs in the News, June 14-30, 2024, TCU News, July 2, 2024
Why Teachers of English Learners With Disabilities Need Specialized Training, Ileana Najarro, Education Week, June 25, 2024
Mexican American Studies coursework growing exponentially, Express News, May 29, 2024
Texas school districts still struggling with armed guard mandate months after new law went into effect, Isabella Basco, KVUE, May 21, 2024
13 Investigates controversial Texas crackdown on e-cigarette use in schools in HB114, Jonathan Bruce, ABC13 Houston, May 15, 2024
‘A Unique Challenge’: What English Learners With Disabilities Need, Ileana Najarro, Education Week, May 13, 2024
Orville Wright On How to Leave a Lasting Legacy with a Successful and Effective Nonprofit Organization, by Karen Mangia, Thrive Global, May 6, 2024
Georgia Governor Signs School Voucher Bill to Give $6,500 Toward Private Tuition, The 74, May 1, 2024
Georgia private school voucher bill criticized for diverting funds from public schools, Megan Butler, Courthouse News Service, April 23, 2024
Kemp signs school vouchers into law, Fox 5, Atlanta,
Georgia governor signs school voucher bill to provide $6,500 toward private tuition, by
Experts’ Top Policy Priorities for English-Learner Education, by Ileana Najarro, Education Week, April 9, 2024
Commentary: Meet the students hoping to make Mexican American Studies a core class, by
Closing the Education Gap for K-12 English Learners, by LatinoJustice PRLDEF and ASPIRA of New York, April 4, 2024
Civil Rights Organizations Follow State Court Ruling with a Letter to Texas School Leaders Warning About Race-Based Hair Discrimination, Legal Defense Fund, March 27, 2024
Anti-Immigrant Texas Law, SB 4: Chaos, Courts, and the Clash Over Immigration, Texas AFT, March 21, 2024
North Texas families still await action years after reporting discrimination at schools, by Talia Richman, Dallas Morning News, March 14, 2024
Latinitas Shines at SXSW EDU with Panel on Latina Prosperity, Camila Dejesus, Latinitas Magazine, March 7, 2024
Sammie Lester Obituary, posted March 6, 2024
San Antonians to pitch education, workforce development at SXSW festival, by Edmond Ortiz, Community Impact, March 1, 2024
Pharr Native Publishes Award-Winning Book of Short Stories, Texas Board Business, February 28, 2024
Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 23 (2024), by Stanley S. Jones, Jr., Helen L. Sloat, George S. Ray, National Law Review, February 20, 2024
Afrofuturism and the Law Symposium’ imagines the future of the Black legal field, by Caroline McConnico, The Daily Texan, February 12, 2024
Eliminating Hair Discrimination in Texas Schools, Native American Rights Fund, February 12, 2024
People Are Not Props – Christie Goodman, APR, Fellow PRSA, Ethical Voices, February 12, 2024
State of Language Rights and Bilingual Education 50 years After Lau vs. Nichols, by Leslie Villegas, New America, February 6, 2024
Twelve Civil Rights Organizations Send Letter to Texas Education Agencies Calling for Proper Enforcement of CROWN Act, Legal Defense Fund, January 30, 2024
Advocating for Honest History Education: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers, Learning for Justice, January 29, 2024
IDRA Study Highlights Ongoing Struggles Faced by Middle School Counselors, Planning Ahead, Texas AFT, January 15, 2024
How a South Texas Educator Transformed the Chicano Movement, Jan. 14th, Texas Border Business, January 11, 2024
CGU to Host Webinar on Jan 22 Celebrating 50th Anniversary of U.S. Supreme Court Case Lau vs. Nichols, Claremont Graduate University, January 8, 2024
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