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Feds investigate Shelby County Schools over alleged migrant bias
Feds investigate Shelby County Schools over alleged migrant bias
× Feds investigate Shelby County Schools over alleged migrant biasMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Schools is under a federal civil rights investigation into bias allegations surrounding district officials' treatment of migrant children from Central America and their parents, U.S. Department of Education officials said Wednesday.The department's Office for Civil Rights launched the investigation last week into "issues affecting English learners" as well as communications from Shelby County Schools officials with the children's parents, said spokeswoman Dorie Nolt.The investigation comes after a complaint was filed with the department in February alleging that migrant youth fleeing violence in Central America were blocked from going to Memphis high schools.
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Shelby County Schools Work To Build Relationship Between Police
Shelby County Schools Work To Build Relationship Between Police
Shelby County Schools administrators held a discussion Wednesday with students and Memphis police officers in a discussion called "You Are Not A Target."Jerico Lewis came to the discussion to talk about what he has been seeing on TV about the shooting deaths of two African-American men by police officers."I am an African-American too and I don't like seeing the way my people are being treated by police officers," said Lewis.
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Shelby County Schools subject of federal civil rights probe over migrant students
Shelby County Schools subject of federal civil rights probe over migrant students
Shelby County Schools is being investigated for discrimination of migrant students, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed Wednesday.The department's Office for Civil Rights has opened a probe of Tennessee's largest school district "involving issues affecting English learners and limited English proficiency parental communication, under Title VI," department spokeswoman Dorie Nolt said in an email.Title VI prohibits discrimination based on race or national origin in programs that receive federal funding.
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