(1989). Accommodating Religious Needs: The Mennonite and Amish Perspective. Religion & Public Education, v16 n2 p267-77 Spr-Sum. Discusses legal issues concerning the First Amendment rights of Amish and Mennonite students and parents. Focuses on court decisions that upheld their rights of religious liberty and reviews the origins of their beliefs. Contends that most of the government decisions regarding religion and education reflect a fundamental respect for the religious beliefs of minorities. (DB)…
(1992). Social Welfare and the Market Economy. Social Science Quarterly, v73 n4 p815-28 Dec. Reports on a study that questions whether private enterprise can maintain quality while reducing costs of providing social welfare services. Reviews three aspects of privatization: (1) competitive markets; (2) rationality; and (3) cost reduction. Concludes by questioning a central claim of economic theory: that free markets and private firms are the most effective and efficient mechanisms for producing and distributing all goods and services. (CFR)…
(2000). "Too Strong for a Women": The Five Words That Created Title IX. Equity & Excellence in Education, v33 n1 p9-13 Apr. Describes the experiences and reactions of one female doctoral student/part time college teacher who encountered sex discrimination on campus, examining how she participated in a national campaign to end discrimination in education which led ultimately to the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. (SM)…
(2001). Idiocy and the Law in Colonial New England. Mental Retardation, v39 n2 p104-13 Apr. A review of laws and records of the courts of colonial New England indicates early laws of Massachusetts extended certain rights to idiots: they authorized the transfer of property, exonerated idiots who committed capital crimes, and extended relief to impoverished idiots. The relationship between colonial laws and present legislation is examined. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)…
(1996). "An American Dilemma": The Collapse of the Racial Orthodoxy of Gunnar Myrdal. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n10 p64-70 Win 1995-96. Gunnar Myrdal's "An American Dilemma," revered as a monumental work on race relations, benefited from uncanny historical timing. As it repudiated racism and second-class citizenship, it also stayed within safe political limits for the time. The author never committed to policies that would secure real citizenship for African Americans. (SLD)…
(2000). Documenting Adult Learning Disabilities: A Legal Overview. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v10 n2 p85-100 Spr. This article reviews the Americans with Disabilities Act and case law to examine who meets the standard of "qualified individual with a disability" and thus cannot be excluded from participation in the services, programs, or activities of higher education institutions. Requirements for disability documentation are addressed. (Contains references.) (CR)…
(1998). The Politics of Difference and Multicultural Feminism: Reconceptualizing Education for Democracy. Theory and Research in Social Education, v26 n1 p30-49 Win. Demonstrates how a theoretical framework that includes a politics of difference and multicultural feminism may help reconceptualize democracy in general and education for democracy specifically. Indicates how universality has failed in practice, posits "equivalent rights" instead of "equal rights," and discusses instructional strategies to facilitate education for democracy. (CMK)…
(2002). National Policies on Pregnancy in Education Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Botswana. Gender and Education, v14 n1 p21-35 Mar. Critiques pregnancy policies in sub-Saharan Africa's education systems, examining expulsion, reentry, and continuation policies for students who become pregnant. Argues that both expulsion policies and reentry policies violate students' rights to education, suggesting that continuation policies provide the most opportunity for gender equity. Notes the close relationship between a country's sociopolitical environment and the type of policy adopted. (SM)…
(2000). At the Supreme Court. Update on Law-Related Education, v23 n2 p24-26 Win 1999-2000. States that in the past juvenile courts afforded children with fewer rights than criminal courts accorded to adults accused of the same crimes. Reviews three U.S. Supreme Court cases that affirmed the constitutional rights of juvenile offenders and changed juvenile court proceedings. Discusses whether the juvenile death penalty violates international law. (CMK)…
(1999). The Three-Cushion Shot That Won Colin Powell's Support for Affirmative Action in Higher Education. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n26 p102-104 Win 1999-2000. Presents the story of how General Colin Powell was persuaded to make a strong statement in support of affirmative action in higher education rather than supporting the Republican Party's nationwide legislative ban on affirmative action, patterned after Proposition 209 in California. (SM)…
(2001). Researching "Race," Racism and Antiracism: The Development of an Ethical Code. MCT, v20 n1 p15-19 Aut. Black researchers collaborated to establish the Scottish Association of Black Researchers (SABRE) and developed "An Ethical Code for Researching Race, Racism and Anti-Racism in Scotland." Highlights the neglect of this issue by mainstream research, the importance of research on race in Scotland, and fundamental questions about the ideological framework of research. Presents the Code and information about SABRE. (SM)…
(2004). The Coming of Age of the Civil War Novel. Social Studies, v95 n1 p40 Jan-Feb. The Civil War novel for children has come of age. Although Civil War novels with little substance remain in print, more recent novels are serious in tone and readily available for classroom use. This article briefly summarizes a few Civil War novels that would be good in the classroom….
(2004). Literature that Promotes Justice for All: Justice Is Indiscriminately Due to All, without Regard to Numbers, Wealth, or Rank. Social Education, v68 n4 p254 May-Jun. In the afterword of the re-released biography "Farewell to Manzanar," just months after September 11, 2001, the authors of the book comment that these attacks, seen by some as the Pearl Harbor of the twenty-first century, give Farewell to Manzanar a new timeliness. The authors observe that this is a dramatic change, one clearly in the tenor of what it means to be a democratic nation. However, this article asserts early responses to September 11 moved the nation to consider all Arabs a threat, just as the nation did with the Japanese in 1943, means that the nation still has issues of justice to address. The moral imperative of educators is to see all children as precious and recognize that they will inherit a world of baffling complexity. The nation's responsibility is to respect and support the dignity of the individual, the health of the community, and the common good of all. The article concludes that this responsibility demands that students be taught to recognize and…
(2004). 2004: A Year in Review. Black Issues in Higher Education, v21 n23 p40 Dec. The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and, of course, the hotly contested U.S. presidential election were just two of the events that dominated the headlines in 2004. Throughout the year, colleges and universities, as well as other educational institutions across the country, commemorated the Supreme Court's landmark case by convening lectures, conferences and symposiums. This article reflects on the most memorable moments of 2004 in higher education. Lists of significant headliners and milestones for the year are included….
(2004). Realising Rights: Poverty and Adult Literacy in a Globalising Arab Region. Convergence, v37 n3 p75-87. A consideration of the Arab world illustrates the fact that there can be riches and "growth" with slow or stagnating human development and with significant levels of poverty, and that growth might "perhaps" be an engine of human development if there is "good governance." Good governance refers to the existence of means and mechanisms to ensure that a country is moving towards the principles set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to the demonstrable ability of citizens of any nation to hold accountable those who govern their well-being and control the mechanisms that impact their lives and those of future generations. This article, by considering briefly some aspects of the Arab region, aims to: (1) Confirm that adult illiteracy is one of the conditions characteristic of the state of poverty "and" of the dynamics of exploitation and deepening impoverishment, and that where illiteracy rates are high the potential to move toward… [Direct]