Alliance Defending Freedom’s Post

Sharing a recent article co-authored with my good friend and colleague Prof Dimitris Anastasiou on education as a social right for learners with disabilities. The article was published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitution Law. https://con.law/ The article assesses whether education is a public good as well as its dimensions within and beyond economic theory. It then situates education as part of the common good in moral and political philosophy, both of which are critical sources for the foundations of the right to education as a social right. Finally, we discuss in what form education is a human right for learners with disabilities (right to education or right to inclusive education) and the implications of these two different conceptualizations. #internationallaw #disability #humanrightslaw #constitutionallaw

Have you wondered how often human rights issues occur? My survey with the UC Santa Barbara Orfalea Center found that over 70 undergraduate students at the federal university in Brazil experienced racism among other forms of human rights issues. Many of these students experienced these issues among others daily. Interested in learning more? Watch my video on the social foundations of education as a part of my minicourse on global and comparative education: https://lnkd.in/gx873XkG #evaluation #intled #edpolicy

CIVIC EDUCATION: CORE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES A wave of anti-democratic laws and policies are happening in numerous states, straining the rule of law and undermining democracy. Of the core democratic principles of our nation the attacks of educators and the public education system based on the content of their teaching or the perspectives they share is undermining academic freedoms and demands urgent attention from all Americans. STAY INFORMED The following Lawyers Defending American Democracy (LDAD) report, "Marching Towards Autocracy: How States are Failing Democracy – And What We Can Do About It” sheds light on the wave of anti-democratic laws and policies happening at the state level: https://lnkd.in/gjfn45M5 #publiceducation #teachersfollowteachers #civiceducation #civicengagement #civics #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #democracy

Brown v. Board of Education was a turning point in American law and race relations. This report from LPI Senior Fellow Gary Orfield and the The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA discusses the present realities of school segregation and the patterns of change over 70 years. Key findings include: ➡️ Schools have become less White and more Latino/a, Asian, and multiracial. White students made up 45.3% of enrollment in 2021, down from 80.7% in 1968. Latino/a students made up 28.2% of enrollment in 2021, up from 4.7% in 1968. Black students have been a relatively stable population, around a sixth of the total. ➡️ The proportion of schools that were intensely segregated (with 0–10% White students) nearly tripled over the last 30 years, rising from 7.4% to 20%. ➡️ Intensely segregated schools have high poverty levels, producing double segregation by race and poverty. In 2021, 78% of their students were poor. Read more: https://lnkd.in/getH-Abb #BrownVBoard #BrownAt70 #CivilRights

Curious about other's thoughts on the claims of academic freedom. I'm thinking that the professor's defense of creating academic freedom for students, and the support of that stance through reports to Title VII do not amount to a fundamental alteration of the course itself--there is no alteration of course content, course structure, course delivery due to someone engaging in protected activity of internal reporting for review and possible investigation. A disabled student participating in their right to education, whose need for recording cannot be met through the alternative of a notetaker does not inhibit the instruction of the course or represent a fundamental alteration. It seems that the professor's effort to protect academic freedom also inhibits academic freedom for students because it restricts disabled students who need access through recording from their right to engage in learning. In my reading, the professor's stance, and reported university backing, could be a shield for faculty and students to engage in discriminatory behavior under the pretense of academic freedom.

Very interesting summary of #education and #dei-related bills proposed in several states.