Description
Book SynopsisAnchored in a common-sense notion of validity, this book explains how current assessment practices are grounded in the language, experiences, and values of the dominant White culture. It presents a review of research on bias in classroom and large-scale assessments, and research on how students’ level of engagement influences their performances.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Series Foreword James A. Banks ix
- Acknowledgments xv
- Introduction 1
- Necessary Tensions 5
- Layers of Responsibility and Professional Resources for Nondiscrimination 9
- Students' Rights to Expression, Privacy, and Association 13
- Preparing Teachers and Leaders to Be Advocates 16
- 1. Background to LGBTQ Movements for Equality With a Focus on K–12-Related Issues 19
- Key Definitions, Often in Flux and Contested 22
- Opening the Subject of Sexuality and Gender Through Theory, History, and Political Movements 24
- Overlapping Histories of LGBTQ Movements 27
- Schools and the Histories of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation 34
- 2. Thinking Through Biases and Assumptions About LGBTQ People 37
- Gender as Process 37
- Sexuality, Normalcy, and Intersecting Differences 41
- Transphobia in Schools 46
- Queer Relationalities 49
- 3. Specific School-Related Challenges Facing LGBTQ Students 52
- Intersecting Harassments and Biases 53
- LGBTQ Youth and the Challenges of Accessing Education 56
- Resituating "Bullying" in Sexual Harassment 57
- Another Form of "Not" Education: "You Can't Say Gay" Policies 60
- Recognizing Family Diversity: LGBTQ-Headed Households and School Exclusion 62
- Living in Families Under Public Debate: Legal and Social Contexts 64
- 4. Educatively Addressing LGBTQ Issues 66
- Zero Tolerance and Exacerbating Distance 66
- Sex and Non-Sex 71
- Critical Queer Thinking and Queer Disciplines 73
- Religious Tensions 77
- Teaching and Learning for Ethical Relations 79
- 5. Supporting Student Extracurricular and Creative Efforts to Educate Schools on LGBTQ Issues 83
- Gay-Straight Alliances/Gender and Sexuality Alliances and Associations Across Difference 83
- Gay-Straight Alliances and the Equal Access Act 86
- Attempts to Restrict Gay-Straight Alliances 88
- The Day of Silence: Resistance and Reconciliation (Hopefully) 90
- LGBTQ Youth and Public Spaces 92
- 6. Recognizing and Respecting Transgender Students 95
- Learning About Gender 96
- Anti-Transgender Rules From the School Board 100
- Administrator Refusal of Family and Physician-Supported Affirmation 101
- Watching Teachers Debate Transgender Issues 102
- Transgender Students' Resistance and Resourcefulness 104
- Intersections and Transgender Theory 107
- Conclusion: Unsettled Progress 111
- References 113
- Index 127
- About the Author 137
