NASSP Launches Support Network for LGBTQ+ School Leaders October marks LGBT History Month, which was founded in 1994 by a Missouri high school history teacher named Rodney Wilson. School leadership can often feel isolating, especially for principals and assistant principals who are LGBTQ+. NASSP announced during Pride Month in June the creation of a […]
NASSP News: October 2020
Activity 6: What Keeps You Up at Night?
[…] 21st-century student learning and produce outcomes so as not to “keep administrators up at night.” Materials Discussion Prompts Topics and Resources Topic Resources for Presentation and Discussion LGBT Issues Levin-Epstein, Michael (2015). Navigating LGBT issues. Principal Leadership, 16(4), pp. 32–37. Retrieved from https://www.nassp.org/2015/12/01/navigating-lgbt-issues/ NASSP (2016). Position statement on transgender students. Retrieved from https://www.nassp.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/position-statements/transgender-students NASSP (2019). New Developments in Transgender […]
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Read This, Save Lives: Creating Safer Classrooms for LGBTQ+ Students
[…] classroom signs. Clarify how students can report incidents and when teachers and staff should intervene in cases of bullying. Celebrate national events like Day of Silence, National LGBT History Month, National Coming Out Day, and Spirit Day. Modify the curriculum so it’s 2020-ready: Make health and sex-ed more LGBTQ+ inclusive. Include figures like Alan […]
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Legal Matters: December 2019
[…] Associated Press. Moya-Smith, S. (Aug. 28, 2014). Navajo kindergartner sent home from school, ordered to cut hair. Indiana Country Today. Newport, F. (2018). In U.S., Estimate of LGBT population rises to 4.5%. Gallup. Persch, J.A. (Sept. 8, 2013). School that barred 7-year-old’s dreadlocks changes dress-code policy. Today. Title IX of the Education Amendments of […]
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Principals Respond to New GLSEN Survey Report on Harassment of LGBT Students
[…] recent survey remind us why such statements are needed and, despite our progress, how far have far we have to go to eliminate the harassment of our LGBT students. No one is more sensitive than principals to the consequences of harassment: With each passing day, the report indicates, chronic attendance rates rise and educational […]
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February 2018 Legal Matters
[…] failing to fulfill stereotypical gender roles. This split among federal circuits is likely to invite Supreme Court review, possibly resulting in nationwide protections for employees who are LGBT. The developments in this area will be important to monitor as it relates to K–12 schools. Are There Other Protections Beyond Title VII? Public school personnel […]
September 2016 Legal Matters
[…] continues to be discussed in the media and in court is the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). The GSA provides a safe place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ( LGBT), and straight students to support each other. Although there is no official count of active gay-straight student clubs in the United States, the Gay, Lesbian, and […]
November 2016 Advocacy Agenda
[…] efforts to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which focuses on improving career and vocational opportunities. On lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) students’ rights, Kaine urged Education Secretary John King to clarify to states that LGBT students are protected from discrimination under Title IX. As governor of Virginia, […]
FGN News: March 2017
[…] meet the Student Leadership Advisory Committee on #moreTitleIV and #MakingGlobalChange “It’s disheartening that Trump admin’s 1st ed action designed to make students less safe.” @USATODAY @HRC # LGBT: http://usat.ly/2mXwQSS For more advocacy tweets, join us on social media by following NASSP and the advocacy staff on Twitter: NASSP @nassp Amanda Karhuse @akarhuse Zachary Scott […]
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Principal Leadership December 2015
Features Navigating LGBT Issues. Continuing harassment and legal settlements spur action. Concurrent College Enrollment. How to boost college readiness for the “academic middle.” Boost Community Engagement. An Ignite ’16 presentation preview on putting your facility to work. Is a Co-principalship a Win-Win? An Ignite ’16 presentation preview on dual leadership. The 21st-century Panic Button for […]