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NOAR, GERTRUDE
A RESOURCE UNIT FOR TEACHERS IS PRESENTED. IT AIMS AT EXPLAINING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF A CITIZEN, DEVELOPING THE PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY, AND DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT QUESTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SUGGESTED METHODS FOR TEACHING THE UNIT INVOLVED--THE USE OF CASE STUDIES, MASS MEDIA…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Democratic Values, Equal Protection, Instructional Materials
B'nai B'rith, New York, NY. Anti-Defamation League. – 1958
ARTICLES FROM NEWSPAPERS IN ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, AND VIRGINIA ARE PRESENTED. THESE ARTICLES PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH. THE MAJOR ARGUMENTS ARE THAT--UNITED STATES' NATIONAL ESTEEM AT HOME AND ABROAD IS BEING LESSENED. UNITED STATES LAW COURTS ARE…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Equal Protection, Human Relations, Law Enforcement
Download full textFeldstein, Sylvan G.; Mackler, Bernard – 1968
This study of a court decision on public school desegregation notes the importance of the case, In re Skipwith, as a test of the relationship of the Fourteenth Amendment to school assignment to a defacto segregated school. The background of the controversy is presented. A summary of the case includes the parents' defense against charges by the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Equal Education
BRENNAN, WILLIAM J., JR. – 1963
THERE ARE SEVERAL CAUSES FOR CONCERN ABOUT EDUCATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS. CONFLICTING VALUES ARE PLAYING AN INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL COLD WAR. THERE IS A PRESENT DANGER THAT, IN THE ANXIETY TO WIN THE RACE OF SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE U.S. MAY NEGLECT THE STRUGGLE OF VALUES WHICH IS SO CRUCIAL IN WINNING THE WAR FOR FREEDOM. THERE IS A…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Democratic Values
Brown, Frank; Russo, Charles J. – School Business Affairs, 1999
Reviews single-sex schools' history and legal status. Explores constitutional dimensions of gender-based discrimination delineated in five leading cases (in Philadelphia, New York City, Detroit, Mississippi, and Virginia). Due to claims of Equal Protection Clause and/or Title IX violations, such schools are unlikely to proliferate. (20 references)…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedSchiff, Martin – Journal of Law and Education, 1979
Whether public school education in the future will be segregated or integrated depends on whether there is a willingness by public officials to seek regional solutions rather than expedient and short-sighted devices such as decentralization. (Author)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation, De Jure Segregation
Sissons, Peter L. – 1979
This monograph explores the Hispanic experience of the criminal justice system by examining statistics provided by Federal, State, and local agencies. A review of the literature provides a theoretical perspective from which to view the data. Examination of the first set of data begins with a description of the experiences of Puerto Ricans in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Court Role, Courts, Criminal Law
