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Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Law and Education Center. – 1979
Establishment of the new Law and Education Center (LEC) at the Education Commission of the States is announced in this document. It notes that the LEC offers preventive legal assistance to state educational programs and that it will focus on a limited number of specific legal issues. The central topic of this initial newsletter is competency…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems, Minimum Competency Testing
Johnson, Jeffery M.; Watson, Betty Collier, Ed. – National Urban League Research Department Fact Sheet, 1990
Stereotypes of the African American male in the popular media have imprinted a harsh and unflattering image in the public consciousness that has negatively affected the self-image of African Americans. Additionally, those stereotypes affect the decision making of employers, police officers, teachers, and other authority figures, resulting in a…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Black Stereotypes, Blacks, Educational Attainment
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Law and Education Center. – 1980
Commentary and advice in four legal areas are offered in this newsletter on educational law. First, the document outlines preventive legal review for public educators in four basic steps, including anticipation of legal challenges, evaluation of the challenges' legal merits, consideration of the policy issues raised by potential challenges, and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Russo, Charles J., Ed. – 1992
Case citations regarding discrimination in education are provided in this document. The first section deals with civil rights remedies, specifically, employment and student discrimination. The second section describes cases involving employment discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, and disabilities. Gender-related…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Disability Discrimination
Download full textBureau of Public Affairs (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. – 1978
The booklet contains the text of eight selected documents on human rights. The documents are Excerpts from the UN Charter; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Civil Rights, Cooperation, Disadvantaged
Notes From the Field, 1998
This report focuses on the role Southern philanthropy can play in addressing racism, poverty, and inequality by supporting education and workforce improvement. "Framing the Conversation" takes input from George Autry (MDC), William Bynum (Enterprise Corporation of the Delta), Lynn Walker Huntley (Southern Education Foundation), and…
Descriptors: Black Education, Change Strategies, Community Development, Economic Development
