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Prevent and challenge discrimination
assumptions and attitudes challenged. Support should be offered so that they understand about different races, cultures and faiths. Help all children to feel good about their race, ethnicity, culture and faith. stereotypes which can undermine their wellbeing and sense of self.
Discrimination in school can be caused by students, the administrators, teachers, and other staff members. For example, According to a 16-year-old bisexual girl in Alabama, her class and teacher made fun of her appearance.
Examples of discrimination in education
a school refuses to admit a pupil with a facial disfigurement because of concerns that she may upset other pupils – this would be direct discrimination because of disability.
Discrimination is when someone treats you differently, unfairly or worse because of your age, being disabled, your gender, gender identity, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or having a child, your religion or beliefs, your race, skin colour or where you were born or your sexuality.
Discrimination can have particularly negative ramifications for the development of young children’s sense of self and social identity. If people around children communicate distaste for their appearance, language, or cultural values, children internalize negative views of themselves.
Children and young people can experience discrimination due to their ethnicity, as well as their faith, beliefs, culture or language – whether perceived or real. This can increase children and young people’s vulnerability by: making them feel different, that they don’t belong or aren’t good enough.
An advanced education attenuates prejudice and fosters a real commitment to racial equality by providing knowledge about the historical, social, and economic forces responsible for inequality; teaching the dangers of prejudice; neutralizing fear of the unknown; promoting democratic norms of equality and civil rights; …
The problem is that prejudice and discrimination seriously limit children’s development and growth. They lead to some children being left out and denied the opportunity to develop friendships and to learn new things. Prejudice also narrows children’s horizons and makes them frightened of anything that is ‘different’.
Private schools may expel or deny admission to certain students without repercussion and with limited recourse for the aggrieved student.
Favoritism and nepotism are not illegal. If they are applying rules to your sister that don’t exist, and this is a public school, then your parents can take it up with the school district.
California Education Code Section 220 prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression—in addition to sexual orientation and other protected characteristics—in public schools or non-religious private schools.
Make sure staff are trained, know how to respond to concerns and keep-up-to-date with policy and practice. Teach children and young people about staying safe in school and online. Maintain an environment where children feel confident to approach any member of staff if they have a worry or problem.
The authors con- cluded that a major reason for feeling unsafe at school was bullying: being a victim, perpetrator, or both. Children who reported feeling unsafe at school had 2.5 times the odds of being a bully and 5 times the odds of being a victim of a bully as did other students.
Direct discrimination
This is where a pupil is treated worse that others because of a protected ground (except disability. … Such treatment is likely to amount to direct discrimination because of sex.
This is considered a civil rights violation. Education discrimination can be on the basis of age, disability, gender, national origin, race, or religion. Typically, the discriminatory action can be perpetrated by teachers, administrators, or by other students.
Indirect discrimination occurs when a school applies a provision, criterion or practice in the same way for all pupils, but this has the effect of putting pupils sharing a protected characteristic at a particular disadvantage. For example, a school requires all male pupils to wear a cap as part of the school uniform.
Discrimination experiences were associated with poorer self-rated health, greater depression, and greater relationship strain. Having a partner who has been discriminated against was associated with poorer self-rated health (for men only), greater depression, and greater relationship strain.
Federal Law Protects Students from Disability Discrimination
Regardless of how well he or she performs in school, a student who has trouble concentrating, reading, thinking, organizing or prioritizing projects, among other important tasks, because of ADHD may have a disability and be protected under Section 504.
Many good public and private schools provide academic support and deal effectively with ADHD. Since the universe of special education schools is small, and since they are not present in many areas, you will have many more school choices if your child can manage in a regular school setting.