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Intersectionality in Education: Toward More Equitable Policy, Research, and Practice. Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
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Cavendish, Wendy, Ed.; Samson, Jennifer F., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This book presents a framework for addressing intersectionality within educational spaces to combat the cumulative effects of systemic marginalization due to race, gender, disability, class, sexual orientation, and other identity-based labels. Readers can use the framework to consider the impact of identities that individuals adopt or are…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Gender Bias, Disability Discrimination, Social Bias
Justice and School Systems: The Role of the Courts in Education Litigation.
Flicker, Barbara, Ed. – 1990
The effectiveness and deficiencies of judicial intervention in solving the problems of discrimination in the nation's schools are examined in this book. Case studies, surveys, and interviews with lawyers and judges involved in the leading cases are presented in nine chapters by nine contributors, each of whom is a recognized authority in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Assessing Individuals with Disabilities in Educational, Employment, and Counseling Settings.
Ekstrom, Ruth B., Ed.; Smith, Douglas K., Ed. – 2002
This book is designed to assist testing professionals as they face the challenge of how best to assess and test people with disabilities. Chapters include: (1) "Testing Individuals with Disabilities: Reconciling Social Science and Social Policy" (Diana Pullin); (2) "The Psychometrics of Testing Individuals with Disabilities"…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Adults, Civil Rights, College Admission