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Schroeder, Stephanie; Gates, Jake – Social Studies, 2021
This article explores depictions of the American Civil Rights Movement in award-winning children's picture books published between 2010 and 2018. Specifically, we focused on 25 books chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) for inclusion on their yearly book lists. We included books…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Civil Rights, United States History
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Pabon, Amber – Urban Education, 2016
Black male teachers make up less than 2% of the U.S. public school labor force. A prevalent discourse among educational stakeholders has suggested that Black male teachers are the key to helping students in urban schools develop skills to succeed in school by acting as role models. This assertion presents Black male teachers as a panacea to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Males, Public School Teachers, Teaching Experience
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Pardo, P.; Calvet, M. D.; Pons, O.; Martinez, M. C. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Women's access to higher education in Spain began in the last third of the nineteenth century. However, the full incorporation of women into technical studies did not occur until a century later. This article presents the results of research into the access of the first women to do technical studies in Catalonia (northeast Spain). Data have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, European History, Females, Engineering Education
Bove, Penny; And Others – 1993
This paper discusses the development of an equity board that grew out of an ad hoc gender issues committee at Walsh College in Ohio. The document discusses the history and background of the equity board. The original committee members expanded their focus to produce a discrimination policy. This policy was designed to fulfill two major purposes:…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Biracial Committees, Equal Education, Equal Protection
Petry, John R.; McCree, Herbert L. – 1998
Bridge Builders is a 2-year program intended to develop leadership in high school students. Programmatic goals include enhancing the participants' understanding of other racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic groups, gender awareness, social responsibility, and the value of community service. Bridge Builders participants confronted community…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Leadership, Multicultural Education
Voorhees, P. Jean – 1994
This paper addresses the problem that gender imbalance in curriculum and instruction contributes to sexism, stereotyping, and bias in schools. The study was conducted in a reading classroom in a grade 6-8 middle school of 970 students in a suburban area of the northeast United States. The program focused on inservice workshops and integration of…
Descriptors: Educational Discrimination, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8