ERIC Number: EJ1192180
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Oct
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
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LGBTQ+ Visibility in the K-12 Curriculum
Moorhead, Laura
Phi Delta Kappan, v100 n2 p22-26 Oct 2018
Increasingly, policy makers, educators, and school systems are embracing LGBTQ+ individuals and issues in the classroom. This fall, California's K-12 classrooms began using LGBTQ-inclusive textbooks, and, for the last three years, a San Francisco high school has offered an LGBTQ Studies course, likely the first in the country and a pilot for others in the district. Though far from typical, these efforts -- and the LGBTQ Studies course in particular -- present an opportunity to see how inclusive LGBTQ+ curriculum is playing out in schools, offering guidance on how best to encourage understanding and acceptance of gender and sexuality among students.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Curriculum Development, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality, Gender Differences, Textbooks, Course Content, Course Descriptions, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, High School Students, Teaching Methods, Cultural Pluralism, Social Action
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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