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Teaching School Finance To Preservice Teachers With A Team-Based Simulation, Douglas Larkin, Tanya Maloney Oct 2019

Teaching School Finance To Preservice Teachers With A Team-Based Simulation, Douglas Larkin, Tanya Maloney

Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works

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Rethinking “We Are All Special”: Anti-Ableism Curricula In Early Childhood Classrooms, Priya Lalvani, Jessica Bacon Jun 2019

Rethinking “We Are All Special”: Anti-Ableism Curricula In Early Childhood Classrooms, Priya Lalvani, Jessica Bacon

Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works

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“Orange Is The New Black” Comes To New Jersey’S Public Schools: Black Girls And Disproportionate Rates Of Out‑Of‑School Suspensions And Expulsions, Dierdre Paul, Jacqueline Araneo Jun 2019

“Orange Is The New Black” Comes To New Jersey’S Public Schools: Black Girls And Disproportionate Rates Of Out‑Of‑School Suspensions And Expulsions, Dierdre Paul, Jacqueline Araneo

Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works

This paper explores out-of-school suspensions and expulsions among Black females, who have often been ignored in the extant educational research literature. More specifically, the authors explore the question of whether Black females have been overrepresented in out-of-school suspensions and expulsions in New Jersey public schools. Using data from the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), the authors found that Black females in New Jersey have in fact been overrepresented in both, out-of-school suspensions and expulsions. The extent of that overrepresentation of Black females has not only worsened over time but could also be considered graver in New Jersey than in the …


The Impact Of Neoliberal School Choice Reforms On Students With Disabilities: Perspectives From New York City, Jessica Bacon Jan 2019

The Impact Of Neoliberal School Choice Reforms On Students With Disabilities: Perspectives From New York City, Jessica Bacon

Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works

This disability studies in education informed study unpacks effects of neoliberal reforms on students with disabilities in New York City schools. These reforms proliferated small themed schools, dismantled many large schools, and required students to apply to high school. This multi-site case study researched two high schools, one large and one small, with data from interviews and document review. Findings reveal how reforms forced large schools to accept many marginalized students with disabilities, while small schools employed tactics to avoid accepting many students with disabilities seen as having intensive needs. Finally, contextual analysis reveals how larger city politics perpetuated segregative …