An affinity group for black students in the Chicago Public Schools violates Civil Rights law and could cost that district millions in federal funding if the program continues, the Department of Education announced this week.
The federal agency’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation following a complaint filed this year by the Parents Defending Education organization, which has since changed its name to Defending Education.
It alleged that the district’s “Black Students Success Plan” violates Title VI of the 1964 federal law because it addresses remedial education methods for one race of students, even though there are students of many races in CPS who struggle academically….