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Download full textLoewen, James W.; And Others – Clearinghouse for Civil Rights Research, 1979
This publication is a collection of social science research and statistical techniques that can help win civil rights court cases. Articles included are: (1) "A Lawyer Looks at Social Science in the Courts"; (2) "How Social Scientists and Lawyers Can Work Together"; (3) "The Nature of Statistics and Research as Used in Civil Rights Litigation";…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Elections, Employment Practices
Pioneer Inst. for Public Policy Research, Boston, MA. – 1995
A draft of a book, "School Choice: The Cultural Logic of Families, the Political Rationality of Institutions," received a great deal of media attention. The book contains research from nine different studies of school choice and includes an introduction and conclusion by Harvard professors Richard Elmore, Gary Orfield, and Bruce Fuller. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Russo, Charles J., Ed. – 1992
Case citations regarding discrimination in education are provided in this document. The first section deals with civil rights remedies, specifically, employment and student discrimination. The second section describes cases involving employment discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, and disabilities. Gender-related…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Disability Discrimination
Laosa, Luis M. – ETS Policy Notes, 2001
This issue reviews national demographic trends in school segregation, summarizing research findings. Though the national debate on school segregation emphasizes blacks and whites, present-day school segregation includes segregation by socioeconomic level, ethnicity, and native language. The research study examined features of the ecology of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Clark, Todd, Ed. – Bill of Rights in Action, 1984
Based on the book, "South Africa: Time Running Out," a report of the Study Commission on U.S. Policy Toward Southern Africa, this 10-20 day unit of study is designed to help high school students learn about the history, geography, and present situation in South Africa and its relationship to the United States. The first of four sections…
Descriptors: African History, Blacks, Case Studies, Civil Liberties
Peer reviewedBorman, Kathryn M., Ed.; O'Reilly, Patricia, Ed. – Educational Foundations, 1992
This theme issue of the serial "Educational Foundations" contains five articles devoted to the topic of "Politics and the Schools." In "Resisting Racial Awareness: How Teachers Understand the Social Order from Their Racial, Gender, and Social Class Locations," Christine E. Sleeter discusses the conception of…
Descriptors: African Studies, Apartheid, Black Studies, Cultural Differences
