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The US Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit ruled in Hsu v. Roslyn Union Free School District that exempting a student-run religious club from the school anti-discrimination policy was needed to keep the club's expressive content, purpose, and identity. However, a student club whose goals depend on the right to violate the school anti-discrimination policy has no place in the public schools. Public schools must avoid even the appearance of state support of religion and must never send the message that discrimination is acceptable.
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City University of New York Law School at Queens College graduates David Davis and Jackson Leeds have filed 10 actions against the school, making a variety of complaints. The filings, made in school tribunals, administrative agencies, and state and federal court, have sought grade changes and claimed discrimination against white males, corruption, and secretiveness. The school, with a focus on public-interest law, says it stands by the right of individuals to use the legal system, but observers criticize the pair.
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Policies strengthening families and home communities make a greater contribution to the ideal of equal education than measures such as the recognition of Ebonics. In the late 1970s, the Ann Arbor, MI was ordered to better identify students speaking black English at home and to use that knowledge in helping them master the reading of standard English. The plan was quietly dropped once the required amount of teacher in-service training was offered. Easy answers do not exist.
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