Learning While Latino: Feds Accept Discrimination Complaint Against PPS

News Federal civil rights officials have told Portland Public Schools there could be an investigation into an incident at Buckman Elementary School this fall, when a Spanish-speaking kindergarten boy faced a five-day suspension for "assault." In a Dec. 2 letter, [PDF] the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights in Seattle tells Superintendent Carole Smith the office has accepted a ...   More