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Geenen, Sarah; Powers, Laurie; Vasquez, Alfonso Lopez; Bersani, Hank – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2003
Focus groups or interviews with 31 family members and 8 adolescents from minority communities investigated barriers families encountered as their adolescent youth with disabilities move into adulthood. Barriers included insensitivity/discrimination, lack of accommodations, and unresponsive services. Survey findings from 308 parents were consistent…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems

Brown, Monica – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2002
This article discusses multicultural education and educational technology and the digital divide created by lack of access to and use of technology by members of various social identity groups. Educators are urged to re-think technology integration using a multicultural education framework. Useful online multicultural resources are listed.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities

Solorzano, Daniel G.; Ornelas, Armida – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2002
A study examined Chicano/Latino access to advanced placement (AP) high school classes. Data from a large California school district indicate that Latinos are underrepresented in AP classes; schools that serve urban, low-income, Latino/a communities have low AP enrollment; and even when they attend high schools with high AP enrollment, Latinos are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Court Litigation, Criticism

Leistyna, Pepi – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
English-only advocates and bilingual education supporters have generally disregarded the harsh symbolic and material conditions that contribute to the failures of English learners. Interviews with three bilingual and ESL teachers in an urban school describe inadequate facilities and materials, de facto segregation, oppressive teacher attitudes,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Discrimination, Educational Environment, Educational Needs

Fullilove, Mindy; And Others – Thought and Action, 1988
A discussion of belated efforts to address the national problem of underrepresentation of Blacks in medicine and medical education notes the effectiveness of a California program that emphasizes both racial non-segregation and excellence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Black Achievement, Blacks

Hart, Jenifer – Oxford Review of Education, 1989
Issued by the Women's Action Group at Cambridge University, England, the report, "Forty Years On," finds continued underrepresentation of women 40 years after they were first admitted to the university. A study at Oxford University, England, showed that women comprise 40 percent of undergraduates, 30 percent of the graduates, and 14…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Discrimination, Educational Research, Equal Education

Altman, Ellen; Promis, Patricia – Contemporary Education, 1995
This article discusses two unintended consequences of federal affirmative action programs under the headings: institutional hypocrisy and intellectual mush, and it offers suggestions for supporters of affirmative action who need to correct mistaken impressions and stress the opportunities affirmative action offers. (SM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Affirmative Action, Educational Discrimination, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)

Parsons, Laura; Jordan, Theresa – Journal of Law and Education, 1994
Challenges educational practices, mandated by court decisions and federal and state regulations, as they relate to a specific group of children who are of limited English proficiency and are educationally handicapped and, therefore, at risk for educational failure: deaf preschool children from non-English-speaking homes. (63 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Deafness, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Discrimination

Marquardt, Ronald G.; Karnes, Frances A. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1994
This article reviews activities of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education involving programs for gifted students from 1985 through 1991. Analysis of 48 letters of findings identified issues involved, protected classes, geographic regions involved, and results of investigations. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Conflict Resolution, Due Process, Educational Discrimination

Anderson, James D. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1990
Examines rural African Americans' struggle for education during Booker T. Washington's time, documenting the irony in the fact that, although the age of Washington has come to symbolize dramatic educational gains for African Americans because of his advocacy, Southern rural African-American education during his career actually deteriorated…
Descriptors: Black Students, Civil Rights, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education

Dockrell, Bryan – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1991
A case study in a developing country raises issues about the use of tests for educational selection. Issues concerning secondary school admission in developing countries have counterparts in admission criteria for higher education in developed nations. However, one case study of one system cannot provide definitive conclusions for others. (SLD)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Developing Nations

Robinson, Wendy – Cambridge Journal of Education, 1997
Highlights an aspect of the highly gendered nature of 19th-century student teaching and focuses on how the female student teacher was constructed as a "problem." Two sections contextualize the female student teacher "problem" and the feminization of teaching, and analyzes attempts to contain or solve the problem. (DSK)
Descriptors: Educational Discrimination, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education

Brantlinger, Ellen – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2001
This article discusses social hierarchy and uses graduation exit exams to show how social class relations are manifest in school practice. After deconstructing the negative, ideas are put forward for reform and educators are urged to join in a movement to transform hierarchical and excluding relations in school and society. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Discrimination

Valencia, Richard R.; Bernal, Ernesto M. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2000
Summarizes plaintiffs' and defendants' opinions in the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) case concerning why some minority students fail TAAS, history of racial/ethnic discrimination in Texas schools, students' opportunity to learn TAAS content, teaching-TAAS alignment, adverse impact on minority students, psychometric integrity, decision…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education

Mannathoko, Changu – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1999
Examines the relationship between feminist and gender theories and the research being conducted on gender in education in Eastern and Southern Africa. Focuses on three types of theories: theories of difference, inequality theories, and theories of gender oppression. Discusses why it is important to promote discourse on the different gender…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Discrimination, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy