Assignment:
Case
Equity and Access Part 1
Case Assignment
Your learning objectives:
• Discuss the role of the 14th amendment in education.
• Analyze key legal cases that impact equal protection in education.
• Reflect on how equal protection influences your day-to-day work.
Read:
Brown v. Board (p. 86-87)
Title IX (p. 800-802)
Ainsworth, J. (2013).?Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Barriers to Desegregation (p. 15 - 35)
Hockett, J. D. (2013).?A Storm Over This Court: Law, Politics, and Supreme Court Decision Making in Brown V. Board of Education. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press.
U.S. Department of Education. Education and Title IX (of the Civil Rights Act of 1964).
Bilingual Education (p. 96-100)
Lau v. Nichols (p. 510 -512)
School Finance (p. 789-794)
Serrano v. Priest (p. 812-813)
Hunt, T. C. (2010).?Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Use the readings to write a 3 to 5 page paper that includes the following components:
1. How have court decisions shaped the law regarding equal protection of students in schools?
a. Discuss at least three cases or laws from the reading list as you answer this question.
2. Briefly discuss how one of the cases has directly impacted your work as an educator or educational leader.
Assignment Expectations
Your paper should be 3 to 5 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.
This assignment is designated as a Signature Assignment to assess the Institutional Learning Outcome (7):
Function with integrity and make ethical decisions in their workplaces and fields of study
Ethical Self-Awareness: Understanding Different Ethical Perspectives/Concepts: Student discusses in detail/analyzes both core beliefs and the origins of the core beliefs and discussion has greater depth and clarity.
Different Perspectives: Understanding Different Ethical Perspectives/Concepts:?Student can state the many possibilities in difference of beliefs and work to include all understandings.
Ethical Issue Recognition:?Student can recognize ethical issues when presented in a complex, multilayered (gray) context AND can recognize cross-relationships among the issues.
Application of Ethical Perspectives/Concepts:?Student can independently apply ethical perspectives/concepts to an ethical question, accurately, and is able to consider full implications of the application.
Evaluation of Different Ethical Perspectives/Concepts:?Student states a position and can state the objections to, assumptions and implications of and can reasonably defend against the objections to, assumptions and implications of different ethical perspectives/concepts, and the student's defense is adequate and effective.
Professionalism/Timeliness:?Demonstrates excellence in taking responsibility for learning, adhering to course requirement policies and expectations.