This case is based on the real incidents occurring in Oakland, California in the fall of 2013. The case was adapted to occur within a school setting, and the schools and district noted within are entirely contrived for the purposes of this case. However, the original bus number, 57, was retained to pay homage to the real victims. Intimidation,…

Historically, schools have been designed with a Eurocentric vision of what counts as education, smartness, and success (Collins, 1991; Hatt, 2012, 2007; Luttrell, 1997). Deliberately and inadvertently, this schooling design has been used to regulate black and brown bodies in the US, from the miseducation of Indigenous people (Grande, 2004), to the…

The two main objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between high school student (9th-12th) gender and nontraditional career and technical education (CTE) course taking, and the combined effects of gender and program area on estimated future wage earnings for male and female CTE completers. A Midwestern state CTE database…

While recent research has shown the long-term effects of teen pregnancy are not as devastating as once predicted, more than 40 years after the passage of Title IX legislation mandating equal educational opportunities for pregnant and parenting teens, only 50% of teen parents graduate high school, lagging far behind their non-parenting peers. This…

Title IX mandates that pregnant students, regardless of marital status, have the same rights and responsibilities as other students. Because social pressures on pregnant and parenting students to leave school still exists, schools have been required to develop responses to their needs. To examine these responses and subsequent programs from the…

This book represents the second of two volumes in a two-volume set where educators explore the intersection of gender and education. Their entries deal with educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but also with variations in the gendering of education across historical and cultural contexts. The various…

In this two volume set, educators explore the intersection of gender and education. Their entries deal with educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but also with variations in the gendering of education across historical and cultural contexts. The various contributors discuss gender as a social construction.…

Addressed to teachers for use with students, this module contains material developed to encourage high school students to explore nontraditional education courses and become familiar with legal rights in schools and work. Preliminary materials include guidelines for effectively teaching about sex stereotyping, checklists, and list of definitions.…