Miller's lawsuit
Mock Scenario
Mr. Miller, a 7th grade Math teacher at Panetta Middle School has recently decided to transition. He has not discussed this with you, as his principal, nor is he required to so. However, you become aware of this after receiving several phone calls from parents of students in his class. The parents share that, Mr. Miller decided to "come out" during class and informed the students that he is getting a divorce, is beginning the process of transitioning and would like to be called Ms. Debbie going forward. The parents are irate and demand that Mr. Miller be fired.
Upon conferring with your superintendent, the school district attorney and the human resources department, it is determined that Mr. Miller will be terminated immediately. In his termination meeting, Mr. Miller claims that he is being discriminated against because of gender identity and threatens to sue the school district.
Would Mr. Miller's lawsuit have any merit?
What are the legal implications of Mr. Miller's actions and of the school district's decision?
Do you feel the laws related to teachers' gender identity, as discussed in the text and the Bostock decision, are applicable to our contemporary schools/ school districts? Why? Why not?
What (if any) changes would you recommend to these laws to address contemporary issues? Why would you recommend these changes?
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More noteworthy exertion should be made to guarantee that artistic expressions training, that is progressively restricted to the 'first class' in the public eye, is made accessible to all. Mediation at an instructive level is important to make a school system that gives all understudies fair and significant training in the craftsmanship branches of knowledge. There is an overall agreement that "Without instructive mediation we are at risk for permitting a two-level framework wherein the most advantaged in friendly and monetary terms are likewise the most advantaged in benefiting financially, socially and by and by from the full scope of social and imaginative encounters" (Warwick Commission Report, 2015).
Ways of guaranteeing that expressions schooling isn't held for the most financially special in the public eye incorporate the presentation of a new and updated English Baccalaureate. As expressed in the Warwick Commission Report, Improving England: Culture, Imagination and Development (2015), "There is an overall understanding inside the Social and Imaginative Enterprises and industry all the more extensively that the Public authority's emphasis on Science, Innovation, Designing and Maths (STEM) ought to incorporate Artistic expression (STEAM)". This overhauled English Baccalaureate, would prompt giving more noteworthy chances to schools and understudies to encounter a decent expressions instruction, while permitting the Ebacc to satisfy its actual aim of "keep[ing] youngsters' choices open for additional review and future professions" (Division for Training, 2010). The public authority likewise has an obligation to direct confidential foundations, and monetarily support understudies that go to them, in a work guarantee HE and FE offers similar open doors for every single youngster, paying little mind to pay. Government have an obligation, on both a public and nearby level, to make expressions schooling less elitist beyond the 'customary' instructive settings; giving chances to less advantaged youngsters to encounter craftsmanship training in a social setti