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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
An Historical Analysis of the Chicago Public Schools Desegregation Consent Decree (1980-2006): Establishing Its Relationship with the "Brown v. Board" Case of 1954 and the Implications of Its Implementation on Educational Leadership
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Jackson, Shawn L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study provides an historical analysis of the Chicago Public School Desegregation Consent Decree, while illustrating its relationship with the "Brown v. Board" of 1954. It provides an analysis of the mission and objectives of all three versions of the Consent Decree which include: The Original Consent Decree 1980, The Modified…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Civil Rights Legislation
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