Written Materials

Closing the Gap: Achievement Disparities in Race and Class

• Kelly Amis, Despite 50-Year Effort, Schools Become More Segregated (2002)
• John Charles Boger, Education's "Perfect Storm?" Racial Resegregation, High Stakes Testing, and School Resource Inequalities: The Case of North Carolina, 81 N.C. L. REV. 1375 (2003). (http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/documents/crcge/2004/boger81nclr1375.pdf)
• Erwin Cherminsky, The Segregation and Resegregation of American Public Education: The Courts' Role, 81 N.C. L. REV. 1598 (2003). (http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/documents/crcge/2004/cherminsky81nclr1597.pdf)
• Luis Laosa. School Segregation in Texas at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (2003) (Unpublished manuscript, to appear as a chapter in The Resegregation of the American South (John Charles Boger, et al., eds. 2004).
• Sheria Reid, The Achievement Gap 2002-An Update (2002)
• Sheria Reid, Summary Of Final Leandro IV Ruling, The North Carolina Justice And Community Development Center's Education And Law Project (April 2002)
• Sheria Reid, The Minority Achievement Gap: A Contiuum Of Crisis (February 6, 2003). (http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/documents/crcge/2004/reidstatementforcommission.pdf)

Language in Schools: I Speak "Education"

• Kirsten Gullixson, California Proposition 227: An Examination of the Legal, Educational, and Practical Issues Surrounding the New Law, 17 J.L. & INEQUALITY 505 (1999).
• Edward W. Lew, Bilingual Education and Resegregation: Reconciling the Apparent Paradox Between Bilingual Education Programs and Desegregation Goals, 7 J. ASIAN PAC. AM. L.J. 88 (2001).
• National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, Statement of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda on Proposition 227 (1998)
• Stefan Rosenzweig, Language Rights: The Federal Government and the Rights of Limited English Proficient Students (2003).
• Steve Sailer, Q&A with Ron Unz on Bilingual Education, United Press International, Sept. 25, 2002, at http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/09/25/QA-with-Ron-Unz-on-bilingual-education/UPI-16551032993091/.
• United States Department of Education, Policy Update on Schools' Obligations Toward National Origin Minority Students With Limited-English Proficiency (1991), available at http://www2.ed.gov/print/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/lau1991.html.

Single Sex Education: Boys are from Mars, Girls are from Venus?

• Amanda Datnow, Et. Al., Is Single-Gender Schooling Viable in the Public Sector? Lessons From California's Pilot Program (2001).
• American Association of University Women, Single-Sex Education (2003)
• American Association for University Women Educational Foundation, Separated by Sex: A Critical Look at Single-Sex Education for Girls (1998)
• Pamela Haag, Single-Sex Education in Grades K-12: What Does the Research Tell Us?, (1998)
• National Association for Single Sex Education, What's the Evidence? What Have Researchers Found When They Compare Single-Sex Education With Coeducation?, at http://www.singlesexschools.org/evidence.html.
• Bernice R. Sandler, Publicly-Supported Single-Sex Education School and Policy Issues, 14 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 61 (1997).
• United States Department of Education, Secretary Paige Announces Intent to Provide More Flexibility Regarding Single-Sex Classes and Schools (2002).

Special Education: Good and Bad IDEAs

• Letter from Kathleen B. Boundy, Co-director, Center for Law and Education, to Edward M. Kennedy, United States Senate (Oct. 8, 2003). (http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/documents/crcge/2004/idea-nclbsenateletter-kbb(2a).pdf)
• Briefing on the Reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): April 12, 2002, (transcript of proceedings), at http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/idea/trans.htm.
• Daniel Losen, New Research on Special Education and Minority Students with Implications for Federal Education Policy and Enforcement, in RIGHTS AT RISK: EQUALITY IN AN AGE OF TERRORISM REPORT 263 (Diane M. Piche et al. eds., 2002).
• Daniel J. Losen & Kevin G. Welner, Disabling Discrimination in Our Public Schools: Comprehensive Legal Challenges to Inappropriate and Inadequate Special Education Services for Minority Children, 36 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REV. 407 (2001).
• National Alliance of Black School Educators & Iliad Project, Addressing Over-Representation of African-American Students in Special Education: The Preferral Intervention Process - An Administrator's Guide (2002)
• United States Department of Education, History: Twenty-Five Years of Progress in Educating Children with Disabilities Through IDEA, at http://www2.ed.gov/print/policy/speced/leg/idea/history.html.
• Joshua Andrew Wolfe, A Search for the Best IDEA: Balancing the Conflicting Provisions of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, 55 VAND. L. REV. 1627 (2002). (http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/documents/crcge/2004/searchforbestidea-vanderbiltlawrev.pdf)
• Matthew Ladner & Christopher Hammons, Special but Unequal: Race and Special Education, in Rethinking Special Education for a New Century 85 (Chester E. Finn, Jr. et. al. eds., 2001)

You're Gay? Stay Away: Combating Homophobia in Schools

• Michael Bochenek & A. Widney Brown, Hatred in the Hallways: Recommendations (2002), available at http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/uslgbt/toc.htm.
• Bill Dobbs & Alan Ettman, Are Schools for Gay Students A Good Idea?, American Teacher, Nov. 2003.
• Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, 2003 National School Climate Survey: The School Related Experiences of Our Nation's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (2003).
• High School for Gay Students Stirs Controversy, Associated Press, Aug. 25, 2003
• Lambda Legal Defense Network & Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, A Guide to Effective Statewide Law/Policies: Preventing Discrimination Against LGBT Students in K-12 Schools (2001)
• Michael Sadowski, Sexual Minority Students Benefit from School-Based Support - Where It Exits, Harvard Education Letter, Sept./Oct. 2001.
• Steve Sanders, For Gays, Separate Isn't Equal, The American Prospect, Sept. 8, 2003.