FERPA (1974) privacy laws protect undocumented Latinx learners with disabilities (ULWD) from disclosing their immigration status. The right to maintain anonymity provided by FERPA, however, potentially results in challenges in identifying and supporting the unique needs ULWD in home and school environments. Due, in part, to a lack of information,…

Background or Context: There is increasing research focusing on dual language (DL) education program policies and practices regarding who has access to bilingualism and whose bilingualism is valued and represented. However, limited research is situated in the context of Chinese-English DL education and its service of emergent bilingual learners…

Textbooks might be one of the main resources of teachers even today however there have been many changes in education media and Technologies. Especially language course books used in foreign language teaching can be the basic source of learning when the target language is not spoken in the country where the language is thought. Thus, it can be…

Reviews court cases related to discrimination against higher education students in 1999, focusing on gender, race, and disability discrimination. The wide variety of cases does illustrate the importance of standing, relief available, and the threshold the plaintiff must meet to survive the defendant's motion to dismiss or motion for summary…

The statement of concern in the 1967 Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students addressed only race as an impermissible consideration in denying admission to institutions of higher education. The modern statement of concern should address itself to other barriers as well as race. Barriers discussed include disability, age, national origin,…

Surveys legal developments in the area of discrimination against students in higher education. Under the heading of the class (such as race, sex, or handicap) affected, constitutional, statutory, and administrative bases are described along with applicable judicial decisions. (Author/IRT)

This resource packet begins with an overview article attempting to place disability within the larger context of multiculturalism. Issues of discrimination resulting from race, gender, ethnicity, class, age, and disability are examined in terms of commonalities across the experiences. Questions about how to define the dominant culture and issues…

Analysis of 160 articles in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" concerning controversy, complaints, lawsuits, and rulings in higher education found almost half involved some form of discrimination or harassment as a central theme. The issues (sex/ gender, race/ethnicity, disability, age, religion, and newer themes) are discussed, as well…

Two problem areas emerge in the provision of nonbiased multifactored assessment for handicapped students or students potentially in need of special education services: (1) the current classification system stigmatizes pupils identified as handicapped; and (2) there is disproportionate identification of minority students as handicapped.…

Provides a broad survey of employment discrimination lawsuits brought against libraries under various federal and state statutes. Practical pointers for librarians are drawn from these cases for their use in hiring, firing, and disciplining employees. (EM)

Documents the systematic extermination of Jews, Gypsies, Blacks, and the handicapped by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. Notes eugenic and racial measures such as forced sterilization of mulatto and handicapped children were used. Discusses Nazi policies of deportations and mass murder. Identifies need for research to explain the racial context of…

This monograph addresses issues concerned with the disproportionate representation of minority students, especially black students, in special education programs. It reviews the nondiscrimination legal requirements and protections as well as litigation in the federal courts. After a "warm-up exercise" in the form of a pre-test, an…