A01=Gerard Giordano
Author_Gerard Giordano
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Education
Educational Reform
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Inclusion
Parents and Educators
School Improvement
Product details
- ISBN 9781475867718
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 158 x 239mm
- Publication Date: 26 Oct 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Parents worried that their children would be marginalized by their peers at school. They gave examples in which they were singled out because of their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, language, religion, or disabilities. They identified others who were picked out because of their family’s income, immigration status, association with the armed services, or attitudes towards medical issues. The parents were assured that changes were in the works to protect marginalized students. They reviewed changes to curricula, instruction, textbooks, disciplinary strategies, counseling techniques, tests, school-sponsored events, school terminology, athletic competitions, restroom policies, dress codes, disability policies, and extracurricular activities. Many parents had confidence in these changes. However, some were skeptical. The two groups argued with each other at local schoolboard meetings. They escalated their arguments after attracting the attention of journalists, scholars, and elected officials.
Gerard Giordano has been a professor at several universities, including the University of North Florida. He has written more than a dozen books about education. He has been publishing a series of books, with Rowman & Littlefield Education, about the educational changes for which parents have been responsible.
