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Parker, Jerry L. – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2020
This article discusses the due process clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and their application in legal cases related to K-12 and higher education. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments are important because, among many things, they declare that before any person can be accused of any crime or wrongdoing, he or she must be allowed due…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Citizenship, Educational Policy, Civil Rights
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Mead, Julie F.; Eckes, Suzanne E. – National Education Policy Center, 2018
Recent reports on discrimination in private schools have led some observers to decry the fact that private and charter schools receiving public tax dollars selectively exclude some populations from both employment and enrollment; others, however, note that in these and similar instances the schools have broken no laws. Both may be right. How can…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Vouchers, Educational Finance
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Anderson, James D. – Educational Researcher, 2015
This article examines the historical relationship between political power and the pursuit of education and social equality from the Reconstruction era to the present. The chief argument is that education equality is historically linked to and even predicated on equal political power, specifically, equal access to the franchise and instruments of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Equal Education, Political Power, Voting
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Jackson, Barbara Loomis – Educational Policy, 2008
This article explores the legacies of the 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" Supreme Court decision within the historical context of race relations in the United States. The pursuit by African Americans to exercise their rights of citizenship is described as influenced by the changing face of fear. The Supreme Court decisions that…
Descriptors: Race, Racial Relations, Educational Change, Court Litigation
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Waks, Leonard J. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2005
Fifty years ago the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board, declaring education to be the foundation of good citizenship and preparation for occupational success, rejected the doctrine of "separate but equal" as applied to schools. The Court extended the American ideal of common education for common citizenship to black school children.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Citizenship, Equal Education, African American Students
Riley, Richard W. – Today's Minorities, 1994
The Secretary of Education discusses gains made since Brown versus Board of Education ruling and recognizes much work still to be done. Presents five core building blocks for encouraging excellence and equality for all children: high standards; using traditional civil rights tools; using creative mechanisms encouraging excellence and diversity;…
Descriptors: Black History, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation