Empowering Students: Resources and Tools
Find the information and tools you need to protect your rights and advocate for change. Our comprehensive toolkit includes resources for students, parents, educators, and community members."
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Empowering Students: Resources and Tools
Dear Colleague Letter - Harassment and Bullying (ED, 2010)
“A school is responsible for addressing harassment incidents about which it knows or reasonably should have known.”
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Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline (ED, 2014)
“Schools must understand their civil rights obligations and strive to ensure fairness and equity for all students.”
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Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension in Early Childhood Settings (ED & HHS, 2016)
“[It is] crucial that children’s earliest experiences truly foster – and never harm – their development.”
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Securing Equal Educational Opportunity (ED, 2016)
“These facts underscore our ongoing need to safeguard the civil rights guaranteed to all students.”
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Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC)
Summary Briefs
Dear Colleague Letter - Harassment and Bullying (ED, 2010)
“A school is responsible for addressing harassment incidents about which it knows or reasonably should have known.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline (ED, 2014)
“Schools must understand their civil rights obligations and strive to ensure fairness and equity for all students.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension in Early Childhood Settings (ED & HHS, 2016)
“[It is] crucial that children’s earliest experiences truly foster – and never harm – their development.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Securing Equal Educational Opportunity (ED, 2016)
“These facts underscore our ongoing need to safeguard the civil rights guaranteed to all students.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC)
Searchable Database(OCR)
Dear Colleague Letter - Harassment and Bullying (ED, 2020)
“A school is responsible for addressing harassment incidents about which it knows or reasonably should have known.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline (ED, 2020)
“Schools must understand their civil rights obligations and strive to ensure fairness and equity for all students.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension in Early Childhood Settings (ED & HHS, 2020)
“[It is] crucial that children’s earliest experiences truly foster – and never harm – their development.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Securing Equal Educational Opportunity (ED, 2019)
“These facts underscore our ongoing need to safeguard the civil rights guaranteed to all students.”
Statements and Guides
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Harassment and School Climate Assessment Tools
Dear Colleague Letter - Harassment and Bullying (ED, 2020)
“A school is responsible for addressing harassment incidents about which it knows or reasonably should have known.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline (ED, 2020)
“Schools must understand their civil rights obligations and strive to ensure fairness and equity for all students.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension in Early Childhood Settings (ED & HHS, 2020)
“[It is] crucial that children’s earliest experiences truly foster – and never harm – their development.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
Securing Equal Educational Opportunity (ED, 2019)
“These facts underscore our ongoing need to safeguard the civil rights guaranteed to all students.”
Statements and Guides
Learn More
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