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The Disruptive Power of Policy Erasure: How State Legislators and School Boards Fail to Take up Trans-Affirming Policies While Leaning into Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies
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Mollie T. McQuillan; Benjamin A. Lebovitz; LaShanda Harbin – Educational Policy, 2024
Since 2017, hostile anti-LGBTQ+ educational bills rapidly expanded. Using traditional and critical policy analysis across three Midwestern states, we examine (1) whether state and local policymakers (n = 60) adopted trans-inclusive protections aligned with the 2017 federal "Whitaker" ruling, (2) the spread and scope of state and local…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, LGBTQ People, Social Bias, State Government
The Disruptive Power of Policy Erasure: How State Legislators and School Boards Fail to Take up Trans-Affirming Policies While Leaning into Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies
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Mollie T. McQuillan; Benjamin A. Lebovitz; LaShanda Harbin – Grantee Submission, 2024
Since 2017, hostile anti-LGBTQ+ educational bills rapidly expanded. Using traditional and critical policy analysis across three Midwestern states, we examine (1) whether state and local policymakers (n = 60) adopted trans-inclusive protections aligned with the 2017 federal "Whitaker" ruling, (2) the spread and scope of state and local…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, LGBTQ People, Transgender People, Social Bias
Multicultural Issues: Gifted Education Discrimination in "McFadden v. Board of Education for Illinois School District U-46": A Clarion Call to School Districts, State Departments of Education, and Advocacy Organizations
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Ford, Donna Y. – Gifted Child Today, 2014
Gifted education has faced numerous criticisms regarding the extensive and persistent underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic students. In the April 2013 issue of "Gifted Child Today," this author wrote about prejudice and discrimination in gifted education, and argued that in the past and now, discrimination exists in gifted education…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Disproportionate Representation, Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination
Geraldine Cannon's Long Battle Continues.
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Traces the nine-year history of Geraldine Cannon's ongoing legal battle, based on accusations of age and sex discrimination, to gain admission to medical school in the state of Illinois. (JBM)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Age Discrimination, Court Litigation
Selected Topics on Latino Access to Illinois Colleges and Universities.
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Rivera, Roberto – Integrated Education, 1982
Provides an overview of the status of Latino admissions, enrollment, and retention in colleges and universities in the State of Illinois. Focuses on (1) the use of standardized tests for Hispanic admissions and (2) access to the TRIO programs (special services to address retention problems) by Hispanics. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, Dropout Prevention, Educational Discrimination
Two Cities' Tracking and Within-School Segregation.
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Oakes, Jeannie – Teachers College Record, 1995
Evidence from two school systems whose ability grouping and tracking systems were scrutinized in 1993 in conjunction with school desegregation cases demonstrates how grouping practices can create within-school segregation that discriminates against black and Latino students. In both cases, grouping practices created a cycle of restricted…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational Discrimination