Law and education inequality : removing barriers to educational opportunities / edited by Susan C. Bon, University of South Carolina ; Jeffrey C. Sun, University of Louisville.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bon, Susan C., editor.

Sun, Jeffrey C., editor.

Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.

Series:

Law and education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--Law and legislation--United States.

Educational equalization.

Educational equalization--Law and legislation.

United States.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 178 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2015]

Summary:

Over the past decade, No Child Left Behind, Common Core, Race to the Top, data mining initiatives, Title Ix gender equity, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and executive actions on immigration illustrate key federal initiatives that have redefined standards, priorities, and practices within educational institutions. Similarly, state policies in terms of school funding, school choice, teacher qualifications, student bullying, and other measures have added another layer of complexity to the education law and policy dialogue particularly when addressing matters of education inequality. These emergent policies beget the question: how have these policies contributed to easing the effects of educational inequality? The purpose of this book is to examine the role of law as potentially countering or impeding desirable education reforms, and it calls on readers to consider how policymakers, lawyers, social scientists, and educators might best alter the course in an effort to advance a more just and less unequal educational system.

Contents:

Equity through differentiation : the paradoxical quest to make education equal for everyone by making it different for everyone / Daniel Kiel

Can faith-based charter schools survive constitutional challenges? / Charles J. Russo and Gerald M. Cattaro

Beyond legal remedies : toward funding equity and improved educational opportunities for English language learners / Carrie Sampson and Sonya Douglass Horsford

The achievement gap for English language learners : the law, the challenges, and a possible solution / Philip T.K. Daniel and Jeffrey C. Sun

Managing life-threatening allergies in the school setting / Brenda R. Kallio, Richard T. Geisel, and Angela Jonasson

The IDEA transition : individualizing educational opportunities for students with disabilities / Susan C. Bon and Nicole D. Snyder

An overview of judicial and legislative responses to the bullying epidemic / Richard T. Geisel, Brenda R. Kallio, and Christa Brodina

The importance of law and school policy in making schools safer for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth : lessons from Ontario / Christine Bellini and Julian Kitchen

Use of disposition criteria in the approval process of teacher candidates by schools of education / Lawrence T. Kajs, Bettye Grigsby, and Kent A. Divoll

Dispositional discipline : the challenge to institutional prerogative / Thomas Sheeran, Vincent Rinaldo, R. Michael Smith, and Walter Polka.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.

ISBN:

9781681231747

1681231743

9781681231730

1681231735

OCLC:

919495742

Publisher Number:

99971414940