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Download full textGuanci, Sin R.; Blackburn, Mollie V. – Equity Assistance Center Region III, Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center, 2022
The purpose of this "Equity by Design" brief is to aid administrators in protecting sexual and gender minority students from discrimination and harassment. Specifically, this Brief presents Title IX's conceptualizations of sex and harassment to identify who is protected, and from what. Further, it discusses how to navigate backlash…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Gender Discrimination, Sex Fairness
Direct linkRatliff, Lindon J. – Planning and Changing, 2010
Federal court cases are examined in an effort to view recent First Amendment rights infringements which have occurred in Mississippi. Case law reinforces students' rights to wear same-sex outfits to school functions as well as to bring same-sex dates. Connection to a recent civil rights investigation by the NAACP into a north Mississippi middle…
Descriptors: Federal Courts, Court Litigation, Student Rights, Clothing
Strauss, Susan – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Bullying in schools is often discussed, but sexual harassment in schools, and how it differs from bullying is often overlooked. In fact, though, sexual harassment (committed both by fellow students and school personnel) is more common and yet more easily and quickly dismissed by those involved, though its consequences for the victim can be…
Descriptors: Caring, Sexual Harassment, Bullying, Courts
Essex, Nathan L. – American Secondary Education, 2005
School leaders must recognize and respect the freedom of expression rights of students within reasonable limits, but they may restrict student expression that creates material and substantial disruption to the educational process. The challenge for school leaders is to achieve the proper balance between the rights of students and the needs of…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Homosexuality, Student Rights, Freedom of Speech
Peer reviewedLugg, Catherine A. – Journal of School Leadership, 2003
Drawing upon queer legal theory, historical policy analysis, and social, legal, and educational history, explores the legal foundations and maintenance of what is described as the assimilationist imperative for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered administrators working in public schools. (Contains 81 references and 12 case law citations.)…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrators, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWhitehead, Roy, Jr.; Gillis, Graham – CUPA Journal, 1997
Examines three cases of same-sex sexual harassment claims recognized by the courts under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including both heterosexual and homosexual incidents involving men and women. Focus is on common threads in the three cases, arguments of the traditional courts, and college and university management of same-sex…
Descriptors: College Administration, Court Litigation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Legislation
Jones, Rebecca – American School Board Journal, 1999
Recent court decisions and federal guidelines make it clear that school districts must take action to protect gay students. Eleven states have laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Attorneys recommend defining sexual-orientation discrimination, along with other types of discrimination, in nondiscrimination policies,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Homosexuality
Rullman, Loren J. – ACU-I Bulletin, 1991
This paper discusses the legal precedents that have supported the official recognition of homosexual organizations by universities and colleges. Among the court cases that are reviewed are the following: (1) Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), which ruled that expressions not inciting unlawful behavior may not be subject to government restraint; (2) Healy…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Civil Law, Colleges, Constitutional Law
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This May 6, 2005 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "No Extra Credit For You: If It's Exam Week, It Must Be Time for Students to Make…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Trustees, Unions
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This August 6, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Graduate Education Is a Seamless Web of Learning and Work, Not Class…
Descriptors: Labor Relations, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Teaching Assistants
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This February 2, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Who's in Charge Here?" (Fish, Stanley); (2) "Conference Man…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Higher Education, Conferences, College Faculty
