(1994). The Continuing Vitality of Affirmative Action Diversity Principles in Professional and Graduate School Student Admissions and Faculty Hiring. Journal of Negro Education, v63 n3 p421-29 Sum. Assesses affirmative action policies and procedures in law and other professional school admissions programs. The author also reviews the guidelines that have been established to monitor and enhance the effectiveness of these measures. (GR)…
(1994). Permissive Social and Educational Inequality 40 Years after Brown. Journal of Negro Education, v63 n3 p443-50 Sum. Examines policy issues relative to making equal educational opportunities equally available to people of color in higher education 40 years after Brown v Board of Education. Specifically, it explores the relevance of issues of educational inequality and legal opinions to public elementary and secondary schools as well as higher education. (GR)…
(1995). The Federal Government and the Promise of Brown. Teachers College Record, v96 n4 p627-36 Sum. The federal government has been important in developing and enforcing school desegregation law, including "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas". The ambiguity of the "Brown" decision has allowed considerable flexibility in defining and remedying discrimination. The U.S. Department of Justice must protect the gains under "Brown" from retrogressive attacks and oppose resegregation. (SM)…
(1995). Censorship. Contemporary Education, v66 n2 p98-102 Win. After presenting a history of censorship, the paper examines current censorship arising from people who are frightened of ideas counter to their own. The impact of music and book censorship is discussed, and the realities of political correctness are noted. (SM)…
(1992). Responding to Illegal Inquiries on Job Application Blanks: The Effects of Information Management Strategy, Gender, and Position Type on Applicant Ratings. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, v5 n3 p245-56 May. Effects of an applicant's information management strategy while responding to a job application item requesting illegal candidate information and moderating effects of applicant sex and position were studied for 12 hypothetical school job applicants with 108 graduate student raters. The interactions of strategy, sex, and position have important implications. (SLD)…
(1994). The Americans with Disabilities Act: II. Implications and Suggestions for Compliance for Medical Schools. Academic Medicine, v69 n7 p525-35 Jul. A discussion of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) looks at the legislation's implications for the relationships between medical schools, applicants, and students. Issues examined include impact on the application/admissions process and accommodation of student disabilities. Fifteen steps for medical schools to take to comply with the act are detailed. (Author/MSE)…
(1994). Multiculturalism toward the Year 2000: A Personal Essay. Multicultural Education Journal, v12 n2 p21-29 Fall. Argues that multiculturalism goals in Canada have not been achieved because federal and provincial policies have been poorly conceived and communicated. The essay suggests ways to lead the nation closer to the values fundamental to multiculturalism. (GLR)…
(1991). Multicultural Classroom Management. Contemporary Education, v62 n3 p161-66 Spr. Discusses the harmful effects of culturally inappropriate, prejudicial, and disempowering classroom management techniques often employed with students who are not Euro-American or middle class. Teachers need to adapt classroom management techniques to their student population, eliminate prejudicial classroom management, and replace techniques that contribute to learned helplessness. (SM)…
(1993). Bilingual Education: Legal Perspectives and Policy Considerations. Illinois Schools Journal, v72 n2 p33-39. Identifies some constitutional, statutory, and case law that has affected bilingual education in the federal courts and the state courts and legislatures. Discusses ideas about public policy within the context of the current status of bilingual education, and suggests ways to improve policy and make better informed decisions. (JB)…
(1992). Islamic Law in the Modern World. Update on Law-Related Education, v16 n3 p8-11,48-49 Fall. Asserts that cultural differences and the media provide inaccurate impressions of both Islamic law and Euro-American law. Describes the historical background of Islamic law and the struggle between forces of fundamentalism and reform. Argues that the 2 legal systems have converged in the past 40 years. (CFR)…
(1998). Meeting the Needs of All Students and Staff Members: The Challenge of Diversity. New Directions for Student Services, n82 p49-64 Sum. Student affairs practitioners today must often face difficulties related to the promotion of multiculturalism while maintaining individual rights and freedoms with a college population. Addresses concerns faced by student affairs practitioners: law and regulations and promoting diversity. Discusses legislative directives, current laws, and recent research. (Author/MKA)…
(1998). LRE Project Exchange: Building a Community through Partners in Human Rights Education. Update on Law-Related Education, v22 n3 p36-40 Fall. Describes Partners in Human Rights Education in which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides the framework for using interactive teaching methods to relate human-rights concepts to students' lives. Highlights Amnesty International's "Urgent Action Network" that encourages children to become lobbyists in a letter-writing campaign for oppressed victims in other countries. (CMK)…
(2002). For Your Bookshelf. American School Board Journal, v189 n1 p26-30 Jan. Reviews notable education books of 2001: \Not in Front of the Children\ (Marjorie Heins); \The other Boston Busing Story\ (Susan E. Eaton); \Another Planet\ (Elinor Burkett); \Parents Under Siege\ (James Garbarino and Claire Bedard); \Radical Equations\ (Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr.); \School\ (Sheila Curran Bernard and Sarah Mondale); \When the Drama Club Is Not Enough\ (Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer); and \Doing School\ (Denise Clark Pope). (MLF)…
(2005). Citizenship and Human Rights Education: A Comparison of Textbooks in Turkey and the United States. International Journal of Educational Reform, v14 n1 p73-88 Win. Textbooks are major educational tools for students. A United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) project titled "Basic Learning Material" claims that textbooks provide the main resource for teachers, enabling them to animate the curricula and giving life to the subjects taught in the classroom. As Power and Allison indicate (2000), textbooks should support the full development of the human personality and promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. In order to actualize citizenship and human rights education apart from basic knowledge, educational activities that develop participation skills, critical-thinking skills, collaboration skills, problem-solving skills, and communication skills are also needed. That is why civics and human rights textbooks especially should include both texts and instructions for educational activities consistent with the text that help to develop these skills of the students. A number of studies were… [Direct]
(2004). Juneteenth, Black Texans and the Case of Reparations. Negro Educational Review, The, v55 n2-3 p107-115 Apr-Jul. The history of Juneteenth, slavery, and deferred freedom is filled with heroes, plots, and interesting twists. For many of African descent, Juneteenth is a day to commemorate the official ending of American slavery. Slavery did not end with the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Not until June 19, 1865 was slavery abolished–two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the landmark mandate on January 1, 1863. However, blacks, such as those in Texas, remained in bondage until 1865. Because black Texans remained in bondage nearly three years beyond the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, they are, at a minimum, entitled to reparations comparable to two and a half years of unpaid backbreaking labor. Over the past ten years reparation has been one of the most hotly contested issues in American politics. The matter of reparations is a politically charged issue that is polarized along racial lines. The African-American community favors reparations, whereas the… [Direct]