Fordham Urban Law Journal articles from December 2001

Fordham Urban Law Journal archives from December 2001

Diversity efforts in independent schools.(law schools; law firm partnerships)
December 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION A recent New York Times (1) article points out the sluggish speed at which leading law firms promote "minority" lawyers to partner. Even as law schools graduate higher percentages of people of color, (2) few end up on partner...

The diversity dialogues in higher education.
December 1, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION In the early 1970s, advocates of affirmative action regarded it as a democratic principle wrapped in a moral command. (1) For years it was promoted as adhering to the policy of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (2)--to eliminate...

Discipline of special-education students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
December 1, 2001... In 1975, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. (1) The Act was passed based on findings that the special-education needs of over half of the children in the United States with disabilities were not being fully met. (2)...

Alternative education: the criminalization of student behavior.(Texas)
December 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION In an article in the New York University Law Review, Harvard Law School professor Gerald Frug proposes that from its inception, public education has been more than just a commodity parents provide their children. Rather,...

Strong, smart, and bold girls: the Girls Incorporated[R] approach to education.
December 1, 2001... I. GIRLS INCORPORATED--HISTORY, SCOPE, DEMOGRAPHICS Girls Incorporated[R] ("Girls Inc.") is a national, nonprofit youth organization that "inspires all girls to be strong, smart and bold." (1) The organization's vision is to empower girls...

Why girls' schools? The difference in girl-centered education.
December 1, 2001... "As a college professor I could identify the students from girls' schools with a 90 percent accuracy rate on the first day of class. They were the young women whose hands shot up in the air, who were not afraid to defend their positions, and...

Defending all-male education: a new cultural moment for a renewed debate.
December 1, 2001... Although all-female schools still prosper and are defended by members of the academic elite, (1) an all-male college has become a near-extinct species. (2) Many people are surprised such a creature still exists. All-male colleges strike many as...

Moving beyond the safety zone: a staff development approach to anti-heterosexist education.
December 1, 2001... March 1999--A sixteen-year-old Arkansas sophomore reports receiving harassing notes in his locker. One of his teachers recognizes the handwriting as that of a substitute teacher. School administrators do not investigate the substitute's...

Confronting same-sex, student-to-student sexual harassment: recommendations for educators and policy makers.
December 1, 2001... Student-on-student sexual harassment has been the subject of significant scholarly commentary and numerous court battles. (1) In light of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, (2) which held...

The education Justice: the Honorable Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
December 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION The Honorable Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. is "the education Justice" of the United States. During his tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, from 1971 to 1987, Justice Powell authored at least twenty major opinions in education law,...

The Children's School: lessons for inclusion, leadership, and school success.(disabled students)
December 1, 2001... In recent years education has evolved into the country's number one public concern. (1) Presidential, gubernatorial, mayoral, and legislative candidates all claim to care about educating our children. Each candidate offers an agenda for...

Unequal educational opportunities for gifted students: robbing Peter to pay Paul?
December 1, 2001... If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre education performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. (1) With these provocative words, the National Commission on Excellence...

An IDEA schools can use: lessons from special education legislation.(Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
December 1, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the "IDEA") (1) has been a part of our public education system since 1975. The IDEA was enacted in response to the exclusion and inadequate education of children with...