Parents and Marginalized Students: Essential Steps for Parents to Improve Schools

Parents expressed concerns about their children being marginalized at school due to various factors, including gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, language, religion, disabilities, and family income/immigration status. They were assured of changes to protect marginalized students, but some remained skeptical. Arguments between the two groups escalated with the involvement of journalists, scholars, and elected officials.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Parents expressed concerns about their children facing marginalization at school due to various factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, language, religion, or disabilities. They provided examples of instances where they or their children had been singled out or discriminated against. They also identified other students who had been targeted due to their family's income, immigration status, association with the armed services, or attitudes towards medical issues. The parents were reassured that measures were being taken 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 were optimistic about these changes, but some remained skeptical. The two groups engaged in heated debates at local school board meetings, with the arguments escalating after attracting the attention of journalists, scholars, and elected officials.

Weight: 313g
Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781475867725