Reports on Human Rights Conditions in U.S. Schools

Report to the United Nations on Racial Discrimination in the United States
Advocacy Report
“2008 CERD Shadow Report: U.S. NGO Responses to the U.S. 2007 Combined Periodic Reports to the International Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,” Compiled by the US Human Rights Network (2007).
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NYC Schools Fail to Meet Obligations Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Advocacy Report
"Race Realities in New York City," Shadow Report Submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, The Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center (December 2007).
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Degrading Treatment and Abusive Discipline in New York and Los Angeles Schools
Advocacy Report
Sullivan, Elizabeth, “Deprived of Dignity: Degrading Treatment and Abusive Discipline in New York City And Los Angeles Public Schools,” National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) (March 2007).
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Parents Document Suspensions and Pushouts in Los Angeles Schools
Advocacy Report
"More Education. Less Suspension. A Call to Action to Stop the Pushout Crisis in South Los Angeles," Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE) (June 2006).
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Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students
Advocacy Report
Bochenek, Michael and A. Widney Brown, %u201CHatred in the Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools,%u201D Human Rights Watch (2001).
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