Classnotes Podcast (October 30, 2014) Federal law and court rulings have taken steps to protect the civil rights of students in our public schools. What that looks like has changed over the decades as Bradley Scott, Ph.D. director of the IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity, has described in previous Classnotes podcast episodes. Today, he gives an overview of what civil rights in education means for our schools today.In particular, he outlines five priorities that the U.S. Department of Education has for the nation’s network of equity assistance centers: My Brother’s Keeper initiative, teacher equity plans, parent involvement, discipline guidance and dropout prevention.Bradley is interviewed by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA senior education associate.Show length: Send comments to [email protected]Sign up for Classnotes e-mail alerts.Resources Improving Public Education Accountability Systems and Addressing Educational EquityEleven of our nation’s most prominent national civil rights organizations released a strong statement in October 2014 to support new investments in the public schoolshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/28/eleven-civil-rights-groups-urge-obama-to-drop-test-based-k-12-accountability-system/Equal Access to a Quality Education – The Civil Rights Issue of Our GenerationDr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel keynote, March 29, 2011http://www.idra.org/resource-center/equal-access-to-a-quality-education/The Challenge of Seeing, Part II – Shaping the Sixth Generation of Civil Rights and Educational EquityBy Bradley Scott, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/the-challenge-of-seeing-part-ii/The Challenge of Seeing – Shaping the Sixth Generation of Civil Rights and Educational EquityBy Bradley Scott, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/the-challenge-of-seeing/Coming of AgeBy Bradley Scott, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/coming-of-age/The Fourth Generation of Desegregation and Civil RightsBy Bradley Scott, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/the-fourth-generation-of-desegregation-and-civil-rights/Your feedbackWe welcome your comments and questions to the podcast. Send an e-mail to [email protected].Listen to every episode!To ensure you don’t miss a single episode of IDRA Classnotes, subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, (download iTunes free if you don’t have it) or sign up to receive an e-mail alert as soon as a new show is published.The post Education Civil Rights for Today and Beyond – Podcast Episode 147 appeared first on IDRA.