Word Power! Take this Legal Language Quiz #2
June 12, 2019
—Karen M. Ross
Test your legal English knowledge and know-how with the first quiz from Karen M. Ross based off her new book Essential Legal English in Context.
Category: Education
The Students of Parkland: Changing the World By Any Media Necessary
November 9, 2018
—Henry Jenkins
Discover why young activists use digital and mobile technologies as core platforms, but also how they tap any and every communication resource they can get their hands on to effect change.
Book Citings and Shout-outs
November 8, 2018
—Michael A. Olivas
Response to being quoted in the New Yorker on undocumented children in the era of the Trump administration.
Going Beyond Talk: Ending Workplace Discrimination Requires Education and More Legislation
October 4, 2018
—Jill Norgren
Through the lens of the law profession, Norgren walks us through succinct points where education and legislation would help end workplace discrimination, and maybe aid ending discrimination outside the office too.
Back to school as a trans kid
August 28, 2018
—Ann Travers
For trans kids who use the summer break to transition, the new school year is full of possibilities: ranging from a newfound feeling of comfort and acceptance to discrimination and danger.
The School-to-Prison Pipeline is Still Operating
November 17, 2017
—Derek Black
Reflecting on a mass campus lockdown at a high school in Georgia, Derek Black argues that courts must re-engage on issues of school discipline and the school-to-prison pipeline.
Vaccine Mandates and the Search for Social Justice
September 15, 2017
—Jennifer Reich
At the beginning of each school year, children around the country will be asked to provide school supplies alongside evidence that they have received all recommended vaccinations against childhood vaccine-preventable diseases. Although these requirements have become increasingly contentious, but were, in fact, created only in the last 35-50 years in an effort to create greater access to care for the most children in need.
“Moonlight” schooled Hollywood on race. Can it take on school discipline, too?
May 12, 2017
—Derek Black
This year’s Academy Award winner for best picture tackles a difficult topic in the education world today: school discipline.