Koepplinger, Jessica; Langemach, Sharon (1982). Guide for Migrants in the State of Illinois = Guia para Migrantes en el Estado de Illinois. Prepared for migrant farmworkers traveling in the State of Illinois, the booklet, written in English and Spanish, provides basic information on (1) employment conditions–requirements of crew leaders and employers, deductions from wages, and laws regulating child labor; (2) housing–conditions of the camp grounds and of living units; (3) pesticides–possible poisoning symptoms and what to do and pesticide safety tips; (4) food stamps–their purpose, important facts to know about food stamps, and where to obtain further information or help in processing the application for food stamps; (5) social security–its purpose and where to obtain more information or help in applying for a social security number, a replacement card, or benefits; (6) immigration–categories of immigrants and length of time and costs for processing papers; and (7) legal rights when arrested–what to do when stopped by a policeman and the migrant's rights if arrested. A toll-free number where migrants can obtain…

Burstein, Paul (1982). Equal Employment Opportunity: What We Believe, What We Know, What Research Can Show. Some Americans believe that governmental attempts to end discrimination in employment have gone too far, leading to reverse discrimination and excessive governmental power. Others believe that the government has not gone far enough. Evidence shows that discrimination against women and members of minority groups has declined, even though it is still common. Cases of reverse discrimination have occurred, but there is no evidence that it is widespread. Ambiguities in data and stories make concern about reverse discrimination understandable. Four basic types of reasons for the intensity of concern over equal employment opportunities and affirmative action exist, those related to: distributive justice, impact on employee income, governmental and business power and legitimacy, and social perceptions of labor force processes. Many social scientists at universities also believe that affirmative action is having an impact and that reverse discrimination is common. Their personal experiences… [PDF]

Fernandez, Maria Christina; Hampton, Bethany R. (1985). Parental Involvement in The Special Education Process. The annotated bibliography examines parental involvement in special education. Citations are presented and information examined for eight topic areas: (1) legal rights, (2) theoretical models, (3) parental-school relations, (4) mainstreaming, (5) training, (6) counseling, (7) consumer perspectives, and (8) bibliographies. Entries include general information on parent-school rights and responsibilites while others focus on practical approaches to fostering parent involvement. Some touch upon issues concerning minority parents. Conclusions note the lack of data-based theoretical information and assert that such data are necessary for further policy and practice improvements. (CL)… [PDF]

Loomis, Charles P. (1974). A Backward Glance at Self-Identification of Blacks and Chicanos. Rural Sociology, 39, 1, 96, Spr 74. …

Lueloff, Jorie (1974). The News at Noon. Law in American Society, 3, 3, 14-17, Sep 74. In this interview, anchorwoman Jorie Lueloff of WMAQ-TV, the NBC Television affiliate in Chicago, discusses the role of women and opportunities open to them in the broadcast industry. Discrimination against women, in particular that of credit discrimination is also discussed. (Author/RM)…

Stadtmueller, John H. (1974). Federal Programs–Impact. Bureau Memorandum, 16, 4, 9-10, Sum 74. Reprinted are seven major priority recommendations of the 1973 report of the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children as it relates to the basic educational rights of the handicapped. (GW)…

(1974). Women's Record. Integrated Education, 12, 4, 42-44, Jul-Aug 74. A review of developments on both a national and state-by-state basis pertaining to: women and poverty, research on women, paid housewifery, politics, personalities, biased textbooks, bias in tests, new health policies, women Rhodes scholars, sexism in colleges, etc. (JM)…

Buek, Alexandra P.; Orleans, Jeffrey H. (1973). Sex Discrimination–A Bar to a Democratic Education: Overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Connecticut Law Review, 6, 1, 1-27, F 73. This article provides a section-by-section analysis of Title IX and suggests a legal framework in which to evaluate separate or different treatment of the sexes in the activities to which it applies. (Author)…

Gerard, Eugene O. (1974). Exercise of Voting Rights by the Retarded. Mental Retardation, 12, 2, 45-7, Apr 74. …

Shannon, Tom (1974). Teacher Dismissal: Acquittal of a Crime Does Not Bar Teacher Dismissal on the Same Basis as His Arrest Was Made. California School Boards, 33, 7, 21-22, Jul-Aug 74. The degree of proof needed for conviction in a criminal action (which is "proof beyond a reasonable doubt") is greater than the proof needed to obtain a judgment in a teacher-dismissal civil action (which is "a preponderance of the evidence"). (Author)…

Steinhilber, August W. (1974). Here's What the Tough New Federal Rules Against Sex Bias Mean for Public Schools. American School Board Journal, 161, 8, 20-21, Aug 74. …

(1978). Anyone's Guide to Filing a Title IX Complaint. Discriminatory treatment based on sex by schools, colleges, and other institutions receiving Federal education aid is illegal in the United States according to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. This brochure provides a practical guide to filing a Title IX complaint. A list of addresses where Title IX complaints can be filed is included. (Author/AM)…

Kibby, Robert W.; And Others (1975). The Abused Child – The Need for Collaboration. Thrust for Education Leadership, 4, 5, 11-3, May 75. Article gave an insight into the problems of educating and caring for the \battered child\ and considered some steps taken to aleviate his condition in order to help him to grow. (RK)…

Williams, Kale (1975). Dismantling the Dual Housing Market in Chicago. Integrated Education, 13, 3, 91-94, May-Jun 75. This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, focuses on the activities of the Leadership Council: its current strategy includes full enforcement of the federal fair housing laws, increase in the supply of housing available to people of low and moderate income, and effective marketing of housing to minority home seekers. (Author/JM)…

Coleman, James S. (1975). What is Meant by \an Equal Educational Opportunity?\. Oxford Review of Education, 1, 1, 27-30, 75. A discussion of the various interpretations attached to term \equality of educational opportunity\ which refocuses the debate by suggesting that a more proper formulation would use the term \reduction in inequality\ rather than \equality\… Such a formulation implies that public schooling is to reduce handicaps that children face as a function of their early environments, without committing the educational system to an unachievable end. (EH)…

Pell, Sarah W. J. (1981). Liability of School Board Members. Chapter 9 of a book on school law traces court rulings concerning the liability of school board members. Political and governmental functions performed by school officers have generally been held immune from liability. In Wood v. Strickland, a school case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that while public officials are generally entitled to immunity from damages if they act in good faith, such immunity cannot be extended if the officials knew, or reasonably should have known, that their actions violated a constitutionally guaranteed right. The trend of Supreme Court holdings suggests increased vigilance over school board officials' activities in order to protect employees' constitutionally guaranteed rights. The substantive and procedural due process issues appear to be the most common types of constitutional violation. The issue of awarding damages in a liability hearing is still hotly debated. (Author/MLF)…

Treffert, Darold A. (1978). The Balancing Act: Treatment Rights and Legal \Rites.\. Both clinicians and patients can easily become entangled in the \rights versus rites\ debate–that is, the effort to strike a balance between mandated \right to treatment\ and emerging \right to refuse treatment.\ This paper examines legal and psychiatric precedent and practice in those areas and suggests a practical, prudent and palatable middle ground in solving that crucial dilemma. (Author)…

SINDER, LEON (1964). RESEARCH BULLETIN ON INTERGROUP RELATIONS. THE SURVEY FOR RESEARCH WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY A RESEARCH CENSUS. OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS ABSTRACTED DEAL WITH PROBLEMATIC RELATIONS AMONG MAJOR GROUPS IN OUR SOCIETY. A SMALLER NUMBER FOCUSES ON PROBLEMS OF MINORITY ETHNIC GROUP RELATIONSHIPS. THE GENERAL CATEGORIES ARE LISTED UNDER SUBHEADINGS AS EITHER COMPLETED, ONGOING OR CONTEMPLATED. THE MAJOR CATEGORIES ARE–PREJUDICE, MINORITIES, SOCIETY AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS, LAW, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH….

HORTON, AIMEE (1966). THE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL, PIONEER OF INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTH. THE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL, FOUNDED IN 1931 TO TRAIN RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL LEADERS, WAS AN INTEGRATED CENTER FOR LABOR EDUCATION IN THE LATE 1930'S AND THE 1940'S AND FOR NATIONAL FARMERS UNION SESSIONS IN THE EARLY 1950'S. IN 1953 HIGHLANDER ORGANIZED TWO SUMMER WORKSHOPS ("THE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS"), FOLLOWED BY SCHOOL DESEGREGATION WORKSHOPS IN 1954, 1955, 1956, AND 1957, IN AN EDUCATIVE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON COOPERATIVE PROGRAM PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING. THE 1955 WORKSHOP, WHICH CONCENTRATED ON A FEW COMMUNITIES WHERE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL HAD FRIENDS OR FORMER STUDENTS, UNDERTOOK AN EXPERIMENTAL PLANNING PROJECT INVOLVING SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES WITH VARYING PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION, AND PRODUCED TWO SETS OF ACTION GUIDELINES–"A GUIDE TO COMMUNITY ACTION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL INTEGRATION" AND "BASIC POLICIES FOR PRESENTATION TO SCHOOL BOARDS" (RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PUPIL INTEGRATION, TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATIVE INTEGRATION, AND…

Van Herreweghe, M. L., Ed. (1979). Educational Research in Relation to the Rights of the Child (Les Sciences De L'Education en Relation Aux Droits De L'Enfant). This collection of 24 articles explores how educational research, programs and policies in several countries are related to the issue of children's rights. Several of the collected articles focus on aspects of children's experience and development. Group membership, children's right to happiness, the development of an optimistic outlook among children, students' responsibilities, growing up at school, socialization, personality development, psychological effects of educational programs on immigrant children, the position of the teacher discussing controversial issues, the orientation of children toward work, child abuse and neglect, the human rights of the juvenile delinquent, and individual differences of children are among the topics discussed. Some of the articles explore social conditions and describe institutional practices. The relationship of class differences and equality of opportunity, educational practices and the rights of infants, education in the German Democratic…

(1979). Position Statement on Desegregation. Segregation in the schools contributes to inequality, while desegregation is a legitimate means of achieving equal educational opportunity. Not only is desegregation a constitutional right, but it is sound educational social policy. A commitment to desegregation by State officials is a prerequisite to the reduction of racial isolation and the achievement of equal educational opportunity. Equal educational opportunity is the springboard for equal opportunity in the real world and is the hope of blacks, other minorities and whites for fair participation in the economic marketplace. (Author/WI)…

(1978). Fact Sheets from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children: 1978 Series. A series of six fact sheets giving basic information on specific subjects of interest to those working with handicapped and gifted children. The fact sheets, developed by the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children during fiscal year 1978, are designed in a question/answer format and have resource references. Following are the topics of the fact sheets (with sample subtopics in parentheses): children on medication (administration of medicine in school, alternatives to drug therapy treatment for hyperactivity and learning disabilities); definition of a handicapped child (including deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing, mentally retarded, multiply handicapped, orthopedically impaired, other health impaired, seriously emotionally disturbed, specific learning disability, speech impaired, visually handicapped); least restrictive environment (federal laws, placement considerations); being at ease with handicapped children (focus of…

HOWE, HAROLD, II (1966). BEAR SOMETHING AWAY. THIS PAPER SUGGESTS THAT TODAY'S COLLEGE GRADUATES AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS CAN FIGHT RACIAL AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. ASPECTS OF THE GENERATION GAP AND WAYS IN WHICH TODAY'S COLLEGE STUDENTS EXPRESS NONCONFORMITY AND DISSENT ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. STUDENTS ARE PRAISED FOR THEIR CONCERN ABOUT SOCIAL AND RACIAL INJUSTICE. THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, JUNE 5, 1966. (NH)… [PDF]

Hacker, Helen Mayer (1974). Sexuality, Women's Liberation, and Sex Education. A Preliminary Draft. This report discusses the history of societal attitudes toward the role of women. The question is raised as to whether the present sexual revolution can enhance either sexual fulfillment or civil liberties for contemporary women. This is discussed in reference to the nuclear family, sexual bargaining, cultural assumptions about women's sexual needs, and legal and economic implications. A number of recommended changes are offered which the author believes will foster women's liberation. Sex education is suggested as an important way to promote a humanistic and experimental concept of sexuality, with emphasis placed upon the need for changing attitudes and behaviors, such as: (1) recognition of the importance of female sexual expression; (2) rejection of the double standard between men and women; and (3) the assumption of equal responsibility on the part of both sexes in a sexual relationship. (BW)… [PDF]

Avery, Robert K. (1975). Access and Ascertainment: A Short History of the Issues. The purpose of this paper is to trace the major developments which have served to shape the current issues of access and ascertainment as they relate to America's system of braodcasting. The various topics discussed include the origins of broadcast access, testing broadcast access and the law, the evolution of community ascertainment, revisions and criticisms of ascertainment, and an assessment of access and ascertainment. (TS)… [PDF]

(1974). Guidelines for the Collection, Maintenance, and Release of Pupil Records. The Minnesota State Department of Education has analyzed the issues related to pupil records, defined these issues, and established guidelines that will assist school boards and administrators in the formulation of school policies regarding pupil records. This publication consciously adjudicates between the various potentially conflicting interests of parents, students, administrators, teachers, counselors, employers, and researchers. Court cases are few, but the trend toward litigation is increasing. Because law undergoes change and interpretation, this publication should serve only as a guide rather than as a definitive statement of the law on pupil records. (Author/DW)… [PDF]

(1966). The Report of the White House Conference \To Fulfill These Rights\ (Washington, D.C., June 1-2, 1966). This is the official report of the White House Conference of 1966, \To Fulfill These Rights.\ The reports and recommendations of the sections on economic security and welfare, education, housing, and administration of justice are reprinted in full. A summary of resolutions presented during the conference is included. (NH)…

Rausch, Fred W., Jr. (1974). Gay Liberation and the Public Schools. With increasing frequency, questions concerning the legality of discharging homosexual teachers have arisen. A review of court cases from different jurisdictions provides some guidelines, such as the fact that mere pronouncement by a teacher that he or she is a homosexual is not in and of itself sufficient grounds for discharging a teacher. Conviction of a criminal offense involving homosexual activities would probably constitute sufficient grounds for dismissal. If a teacher describes homosexual acts engaged in with students and openly advocates that students follow this course of conduct should they be so inclined, such a teacher would qualify for dismissal. Somewhere in between the mere pronouncement of homosexual preferences and a detailed explanation of such homosexual acts there exists a gray area which could conceivably give rise to a substantial amount of litigation in the future. (Author/JF)…

Bone, Jan, Ed. (1974). Commission on the Status of Women. Report and Recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly June, 1974. This report by the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women studied such subjects as employment practices and policies; Illinois labor laws; the family and the employed woman; nondiscriminatory education; and expanded programs to help women as wives, mothers and workers. Its recommendations briefly include: (1) Illinois ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment; (2) implementation of the 1970 Illinois State Constitution as it relates to prohibition of sex discrimination; (3) amendment of the Fair Employment Practices Act; (4) support of state legislative bills on survivor benefits and on increased employment opportunities in state government; and (5) adequate funding for the Commission on the Status of Women. Biographical data is listed for the women senators in the Illinois legislature in June 1974. (Author/HMV)… [PDF]

Abinanti, Abby (1973). American Indian Law Student Associations Education Project. The American Indian Law Student Association (AILSA) at the University of New Mexico Law School developed and secured approval for a Indian clinical law program. Funded by the Donner Foundation, AILSA aided in the development of a student bill of rights and responsibilities for Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools. The law program is discussed in 3 phases, and a budget is given. Also presented are 8 appendices–e.g., addresses of students in the special law scholarship program for American Indians, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Manual Guidelines for Admission. (FF)…