Develops the role of politics and the need for political leadership in civil rights legislation and enforcement policies. (DW)

Discusses recent Federal Laws and Executive Orders affecting sex discrimination in educational institutions. Also discusses probable court interpretations of these laws. (JF)

Discusses the Supreme Court's changing political entanglements and its orientation toward equality since 1954. (DW)

Analyzes the effect on existing athletic programs of the female high school athlete's legally protectable interest in the benefits of an interscholastic sports program where one is provided for the male athletes. (Author)

Examines the question of exactly what a teacher can teach in the public schools of the United States. The article explores the constitutional rights of both teachers and their students. Although these two categories are very closely related and in many instances almost inseparable, an attempt is made to look at the rights of each as they affect…

Reviews state requirements for minimum competency testing and discusses past and potential future challenges to such testing. Offers possible solutions. (MD)

Presents Chief Justice Warren's opinion setting forth the argument that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and that segregated schools are a denial of the equal protection guaranteed by the 14th amendment. (DW)

The Supreme Court of Canada has ensured that provincial legislatures are under a compulsory obligation to take measures to provide whatever type and level of rights and services are appropriate for minority-language education for the particular number of pupils involved. (MLF)

The law regarding constitutional rights of teachers and public employees has changed to strengthen due process procedures. Court decisions are cited. (DW)

Current trends toward middle-class positivism, subtle discrimination, and less resistance to racial change portend an increase in minority middle-class membership which, in time, will promote more change. (DW)

Traces Virginia's reactions to the Brown decision--from evasion and resistance to containment to the present day strife over bussing. (DW)

Accents the situation of nontenured teachers in private colleges who allege that for some other reason their nonreappointment involves a denial of due process. (Author/JF)

The power of school boards to classify pupils for the purposes of admission to or expulsion from school and school activities was restricted in four recently decided federal court cases: two involving discrimination against new-wed students and two involving discrimination against female students. Decisions limit the power of school boards over…

Discusses white society's reaction to the 1954 Brown decision and cites gradualism, delay, hate, fear, and distrust as the intervening problems in the creation of equal education in an integrated society. (Author/DW)

A case history of desegregation at Strom Thurmond High School, Edgefield, South Carolina, reveals that traditions are a source of racial conflict and suggests that a reluctance to change traditions hinders equal education. (DW)