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After "Janus": Teachers' Unions, Walkouts, and Social Justice Unionism
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Strassfeld, Natasha M.; Strassfeld, Robert N. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2020
Recent union-supported teachers' walkouts and strikes across several U.S. states and cities highlighted union-led and grassroots efforts to amplify teachers' voices. Yet, the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, "Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31," provides a strength test for teachers' unions and members engaging in social justice/equity work…
Descriptors: Unions, Teacher Strikes, Social Justice, Advocacy
Reaching out to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families: Strategies and Challenges Reported by Parent Training and Information Center Staff
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Rossetti, Zach; Burke, Meghan M. – Exceptionality, 2019
Within special education policy and practice, parents are expected to advocate for their children to receive appropriate special education and related services. However, the majority of parents report feeling disempowered to advocate; families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds may feel especially disempowered. Federally…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Advocacy, Cultural Differences, Language Usage
Exploring the Special Education Advocacy Process According to Families and Advocates
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Burke, Meghan M.; Rios, Kristina; Lee, Chung eun – Journal of Special Education, 2019
Although many parents report needing advocates to receive special education services for their children with disabilities, the advocacy process is largely unexplored especially in relation to school and child outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore the special education advocacy process by conducting interviews with nine parent-advocate…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Children, Students with Disabilities, Parent Attitudes
Documenting the Experiences of Special Education Advocates
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Burke, Meghan M.; Goldman, Samantha E. – Journal of Special Education, 2017
Many parents struggle to advocate for their children with disabilities to obtain services at school. Subsequently, parents may turn to special education advocates to help ensure that their children receive appropriate services. However, it is unclear how special education advocates support families and secure services for children with…
Descriptors: Special Education, Advocacy, Change Agents, Phenomenology
A Hundred Years of Isolation: A Cooperative Reading of Ella Flagg Young's "Isolation in the Schools" by Chicago Teachers Today
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Elliott, Shanti – Schools: Studies in Education, 2014
This piece explores questions of power, conflict, and community in education through a story of Chicago educators engaging in experiential inquiry processes. One of these processes is a "Theatre of the Oppressed" exercise for dealing with conflict in education settings. The other process described here focuses on a text that emerged from…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Inquiry, Experiential Learning, Conflict
Empowering Parents and Communities through Quality Public Reporting: A Brief for State Policymakers
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Data Quality Campaign, 2014
Publicly reporting timely, actionable, and comprehensible data is one of the most powerful ways states can promote transparency, strengthen accountability, and ensure that everyone with a stake in education--parents, educators, policymakers, researchers, and members of the public and press-- has access to the information they need to make good…
Descriptors: State Policy, Parents, Empowerment, Accountability