Kenneth Marcus is the nominee to lead the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Education. Marcus is uniquely qualified for the position, we wrote when he was nominated in October 2017:
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) today applauded the introduction of bipartisan legislation to help tackle the rising anti-Semitism plaguing U.S. schools. While anti-Semitism is on the rise across the U.S., the problem is particularly rampant on college campuses.
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An arbitrator has determined that the Stoughton Public Schools were wrong to take disciplinary measures against one of three teacher who were reprimanded following a report of anti-Semitism at the high school.
For over a year, three teachers at Stoughton High School have suffered from disciplinary measures for standing up against anti-Semitism in the school. Last week, in a case challenging the school district’s actions, an arbitrator rightly determined that the discipline taken against one of the teachers, Ms. Jaime Regan, was without just cause and required the school district to “immediately remove the letter of reprimand from Ms. Regan’s personnel records and purge all reference to the letter of reprimand” from her file.
StandWith Us has announced its support for Senate confirmation of Kenneth Marcus, an outstanding defender of civil rights for Jews and many other communities, who was recently nominated for assistant secretary for civil rights in the U.S. Department of Education.
A group of New York University alumni are calling on the school’s president to respond to a couple anti-Israel incidents around campus last month.
LDB’s Alyza Lewin will present the commencement address at the University of Maryland’s alternative commencement for students who are unable to participate in the larger university-wide graduation program that will be held on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
On Friday, May 11, Aviva Vogelstein, LDB’s Director of Legal Initiatives, has been invited to testify at a United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) Public Briefing, “In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal Government’s Role in Responding to Hate Crimes.”
Testifying as an expert witness before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) today urged the federal government to take immediate action to stem increasing religious bullying and harassment in U.S. schools.
