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Direct linkCallahan, Rebecca; DeMatthews, David; Reyes, Pedro – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2019
In 1974, the Supreme Court drew on the 1954 Brown decision in "Lau v Nichols," placing English learner (EL) students' right to a meaningful education at the forefront of educational policy. Subsequent federal decisions and legislation (i.e., Castañeda; Equal Educational Opportunities Act [EEOA], No Child Left Behind [NCLB], and Every…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Desegregation Litigation, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Miller, Rhonda D.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2014
How to address the educational needs of students with limited English proficiency (LEP) is a particularly challenging and often controversial endeavor. Failure to address the needs of students with LEP often results in denial of meaningful educational opportunities and leads to disproportionate representation in special education programs. This…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Language Proficiency, Legal Responsibility, Educational Needs
Orfield, Gary; Kahlenberg, Richard D.; Gordon, Edmund W.; Genesee, Fred; Slocumb, Paul D.; Payne, Ruby K. – Principal, 2000
In this special section, various authors (in separate articles) discuss the new face of school segregation; socioeconomic integration--a plan to mix poor and middle-class students; and ways to bridge the minority achievement gap, teach linguistically diverse students, and identify and nurture the gifted poor. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, De Facto Segregation, Diversity (Student)
Hendricks, Monica – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2006
This chapter argues that a detailed, grounded understanding of classroom literacy practices as well as of learners' writing is crucial to begin to change the ongoing and patently unequal educational outcomes that schools often produce. It is impossible to intervene realistically and effectively in an evidential vacuum. The 1955 "Brown v.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Court Litigation
Download full textUS Department of Education, 2004
This report covers the activities of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) from October 1, 2002, to September 30, 2003. In addition to describing OCR's civil rights compliance program, the report demonstrates how OCR is able to make a real difference in the lives of students. 2004 marks a special year in America's…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Civil Rights Legislation, High Achievement
Hirano-Nakanishi, Marsha J.; Osthimer, Elizabeth – 1983
Language minority students are legally entitled to a baseline opportunity for an adequate, affirmative, appropriate, and effective education, allowing them an "equally fair shot" at a high school diploma. Certain absolute legal standards for this baseline educational entitlement are posited to exist; this claim is supported by…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingualism, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education, 2004
2004 was a special year in America's longstanding efforts to provide equal educational opportunity for all people. It marked the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in "Brown v. Board of Education", which declared racially segregated schools to be unconstitutional. 2004 also marked the 40th Anniversary of the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Racial Segregation, Civil Rights Legislation, Educational Discrimination
