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Winterman, Kathleen G.; Burton, Brett A. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2023
The lack of support for transfer students, specifically students with individualized education plans (IEP) into school environments, is problematic. At times, IEP students face additional obstacles and challenges due to their disabilities compared to the regular education population. The authors formulated a case that follows an IEP transfer…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Educational Environment, Individualized Education Programs
Holmgreen, Judith Kaye – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Bullying is a problem in our schools. Bullying behavior was easier to curtail when it was face-to-face, but now, through the Internet, Bullying has transmogriphied into a form that one cannot escape. Hurtful and hate-filled messages printed "in perpetuity." The messages torment victims twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Many…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes
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Mertz, Norma T. – Urban Education, 2006
Using statistical data collected during a 30-year period, the article reports on the significant movement of females into all of the line administrative positions in the largest school districts in the country (by student population) since the passage of Title IX with one notable exception, that of superintendent. The position of superintendent…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Gender Issues, Urban Schools, School Administration
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Mertz, Norma T. – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2003
Responding to compelling evidence of gender inequity and a systematic campaign of political pressure to redress these inequities, Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681) prohibiting sex discrimination in all aspects of education in institutions receiving federal financial assistance. At the time Title IX was…
Descriptors: Females, School Administration, Women Administrators, Gender Discrimination