How Our Affiliates are Fighting for Education Equity

ACLU affiliates are challenging discriminatory discipline policies, censorship efforts, and the use of force in schools across the country.

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Why Access to Education is Key to Systemic Equality

Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to safe, quality education today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access.

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Moving Beyond the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Rulings

The work to ensure educational opportunities for people of color continues, despite the court’s decision.

Protest sign that says "The root of bias in admissions is white supremacy, not affirmative action."

ACLU of Nevada Launches program for Youth Interested in Civil Rights Leadership

LAS VEGAS — The ACLU of Nevada is proud to announce the launch of the nonprofit’s Emerging Leaders program.

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A Student’s Journey: Fighting for Education Rights While in Prison

Following a landmark settlement, plaintiff Brian Y. describes his role in the fight to ensure access to special education in New Jersey prisons.

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School is For Learning — Including Learning About Race and Gender

A student and two teachers in Oklahoma share how a new censorship bill has curtailed important discussions about race and gender in the classroom.

Anthony, a teacher profiled in this blog, stands in the middle of his school's hallway

Safe and Healthy Schools Lead With Support, Not Police

To support our students, Congress must pass the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act.

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Police Divestment Efforts Must Include Universities

Young people on campuses around the country are calling for an end to private university policing.

A University of Chicago police car.

Let Me Vote: My Voting Rights as a Blind Man are the Same as Everybody Else’s

There's still work to be done to make sure the right to vote applies to everyone, including people with disabilities.

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