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Barrett, Brian; Bound, Arron M. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2015
This article presents a critical discourse analysis of "no promo homo" policies and their effects in US schools. "No promo homo"--short for "no promotion of homosexuality" (Eskridge, 2000, p. 1329)--polices have been adopted across nine states and several local school districts in the United States. They direct…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Homosexuality, School Policy, School Districts
Greene, Jay P.; Kisida, Brian; Butcher, Jonathan – Center for Civic Innovation, 2007
The names that school boards give to public schools can both reflect and shape civic values. It is increasingly rare for public schools to be named after presidents -- or people, in general -- and increasingly common to name schools after natural features. This shift from naming schools after people worthy of emulation to naming schools after…
Descriptors: Public Education, Public Schools, School Policy, Identification