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Aiken, John S.; Clune, William H., III – Education and Urban Society, 1973
The principle of fiscal neutrality is that school spending may not depend on the wealth of localities: if local units are to select spending levels, the state must eliminate the influence of the varying wealth of these units by matching grants. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Educational Resources, Equal Protection

Guthrie, James W. – Education and Urban Society, 1973
Describes the range of reforms that might result from the equal protection suits and assesses their educational consequences, good and bad, as well as assessing equal protection remedies in terms of their potential for education reform. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Equal Protection

Rodgers, Harrell R., Jr.; Bullock, Charles S., III – Journal of Black Studies, 1972
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Classroom Desegregation

Bornstein, Henry Edwin – Journal of Law And Education, 1972
Discusses changing judicial and public attitudes regarding State and college discrimination against nonresidents. (JF)
Descriptors: College Students, Court Litigation, Due Process, Equal Protection

Bissell, John W. – Journal of College and University Law, 1979
A portion of a brief filed in the United States Court of Appeals to appeal a judgment in Handsome v Rutgers University is provided. The case involved a student's prohibition from reregistering and obtaining transcripts due to unpaid loans. The argument and statement of the standard or scope of review are included. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Court Litigation, Equal Protection, Federal Aid

Parikh, Sunita – Teachers College Record, 1990
Presents a comparative analysis of the U.S. and Indian Supreme Courts' roles in civil rights and preference policies. Despite structural and historical differences, similarities exist in the development of such policies. Both are more concerned with fidelity to constitutional and statutory interpretations than to personal ideological viewpoints.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Comparative Analysis, Constitutional Law

Briggs, Vernon M., Jr. – International Migration Review, 1990
Examines the study by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) on the implementation of the employer sanctions requirement of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Discusses citizenship discrimination and other possible discriminatory influences. Applauds the study's contribution while urging attention to omitted issues such as…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Eligibility, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)

Goldberg, Steven S.; Kuriloff, Peter J. – Exceptional Children, 1991
This paper examines objective and subjective fairness of due process hearings in special education disputes and reports findings from a study of parents' and school officials' subjective experience of the fairness of their hearings. Results showed that neither school officials nor parents felt positively about the experience. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Disabilities, Due Process

Naylor, David T. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1991
Presents a sample introductory lesson on the concept of equal protection, differential treatment under law, and legal tests for determining when differential treatment violates the Equal Protection Clause. Recommends using a poster depicting segregated water fountains and contrasting it with the Declaration of Independence to discuss the doctrine…
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Court Doctrine, Democratic Values

Goldsmith, Kory – School Law Bulletin, 1991
Discusses the history, legal standards, and enforcement procedures of Title IV and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the role those statutes have played in the federal enforcement of the equal protection clause. (82 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education

Connell, R. W. – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1992
Argues that social justice is a legitimate goal of schooling and should be included in the curriculum. Discusses aspects of social justice including distributive justice and equality of educational opportunity. Maintains that Western educational systems have many possibilities for achieving social justice through the curriculum. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives

Clegg, Roger – Public Interest, 2000
Describes the disparate impact theory of discrimination, noting how its effect was recently on display in two high profile cases. Discusses the recent explosion of disparate impact lawsuits related to employment and education; examines why the disparate impact approach survives and thrives; explains the intent of disparate impact theory; and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education

Powers, Thomas F. – Public Interest, 2001
Discusses the conflict between anti-discrimination and important elements of the liberal tradition in the United States, focusing on: the limits of liberalism, the anti-discrimination revolution, the anti-discrimination regime, putting morality and politics back together, the moral revolution, the new pluralism, misinterpreting…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Democracy, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education
Matambanadzo, Saru – Policy Futures in Education, 2006
This article argues that the culture and practice of legal education in the United States functions to dehumanize law students and potentially produce one-dimensional lawyers in the service of corporate interests and the capitalist status quo. These lawyers are trained to serve not only as the guardians of legal rights, social entitlements and…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), Law Students, Justice, Lawyers
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1994
This report reviews the U.S. Department of Education's Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Program. First authorized by Public Law 93-380, the Education Amendments of 1974, this program awards grants and contracts to eligible recipients for interventions to: (1) provide educational equity for women; (2) help educational institutions meet the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Educational Opportunities