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The SPLC filed a petition today seeking the “immediate and unconditional release” of a 15-year-old boy who has been illegally held in a juvenile prison without a court hearing that is required under Louisiana law.
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Javon Davies is only 12, but he just finished writing his will.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a landmark decision in Stout v. Jefferson County, the U.S. Department of Justice and NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s longstanding case to protect children in Alabama from racial segregation in public education.
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The solution to these problems is simple: Children don’t belong in adult jails.
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When SPLC founder Morris Dees knocked on the door of the Bethesda Home for Girls in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, he discovered a scene that was nothing like what was advertised.
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Trisha had no idea what was in store for her on that fateful ride to the Piggly Wiggly supermarket in the mid-1980s.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE’s) proposed discretionary spending priorities abandon the agency’s longstanding commitment to a high-quality education for all students, and undermine public schools across the country, the SPLC said in comments submitted yesterday to the DOE.
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HB 1, which would create a new form of private school voucher, has been touted as a safety net for bullied youth, but the reality is that this legislation makes a promise it cannot keep. Instead of providing a safe learning environment for all children, HB 1 would push the victims of bullying out of their schools and into private schools with fewer protections.
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Immigrant children who have been illegally barred from enrolling in high school in Collier County, Florida, should be allowed to begin classes during the upcoming school year while a federal lawsuit filed on their behalf makes its way through court, according to a motion filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center today.
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Last Saturday, as fluorescent lights illuminated a sea of black and gold gowns, East Side and Cleveland High Schools conferred degrees on their graduating seniors for the last time.
