A Brief Introduction to the FAIR Education Act for Social Studies Educators

[...]a section on LGBT students recommends schools adequately address all forms of bullying, provide adequate professional learning, and adopt an inclusive curriculum (Access and Equity, 2017, pp. 531-532).According to Don Romesburg, Sonoma State University chair of women's and gender studies and co-editor of the 2014 report of the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History, "the understanding of gender diversity, family diversity, and same-sex relationships" in the past "helps us all prepare to be citizens for the present and future" (as cited in Sawchuk, 2017).The California Three Rs is a project of Constitutional Rights Foundation with support from the California County Superintendents Educational Services Committee and the Religious Freedom Center at the Newseum. http://ca3rsproiect.org/pdfs/Hot%20Topics.pdf Public Schools and Sexual Orientation A few years ago, the First Amendment Center brought together representatives from the American Association of School Administrators, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), BridgeBuilders, the Christian Educators Association International, and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to develop a consensus document on a process to resolve conflicts related to sexual orientation and public schools.Public Schools and Sexual Orientation (PDF) ONE Archives Foundation The ONE Archives Foundation, in partnership with ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, is the country's leading expert on LGBTQ history and has been involved on many levels with the implementation of California's Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act (SB 48), which was signed into law in the state of California on July 5, 2011. http://www.onearchives.org/education-2/education/ LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum GLSEN has created this resource, recommended by the First Amendment Center, to incorporate LGBT history, themes, and people into the curriculum. https://www.glsen.org/educate/resources/curriculum Lesson Plans on Bullying, Bias, and Diversity This resource page, recommended by the First Amendment Center and created by GLSEN, offers lesson plans to help students develop the skills to interact in a diverse world. https://www.glsen.org/educate/resources/lesson-plans 1 Those states are Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah (Human Rights Watch, 2016).