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Item An Overview of Modern Accountability: The Standards Movement, High-Stakes, and the Reauthorization of the ESEA(2015) Germain, Emily K.; Barnes, Michael C.Since the release of A Nation at Risk, in 1983, a report decrying the state of public education in America, this nation has increasingly focused on raising standards and accountability for our schools. This article tracks the history of modern accountability, its impacts on education, and contemplates the way forward.Item Civil Rights Cases and the Composition of the U.S. Supreme Court(2023-04) Gonzalez, Nicolas“Civil Rights Cases and the Composition of the U.S. Supreme Court” seeks to fill the gap in the existing academic literature regarding the relationship between the appearance of civil rights appeals on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket each term and its ideological composition. Using a combination of statistical analysis, literature review, and historical investigation, this honors thesis provides reasons as to why an observable increase in civil rights appeals occurs as the Court grows more conservative. Namely, it explores the increased Court activity regarding civil rights during the Civil Rights Era, Women’s Liberation Movement, and the 1980s, analyzing the legacies of Chief Justices Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist. By viewing these different Courts within their relationship to public opinion and the intentions of the U.S. presidents who nominated its members, a clearer image emerges regarding the Supreme Court’s advocate-like tendencies. While options such as the Rule of Four exist—which could suggest that the liberal coalition that has consistently comprised the Court’s minority since 1969 plays some role in adding civil rights-related appeals to the docket—the relationship between this coalition and the median justice suggests otherwise. Ultimately, this paper serves to elucidate the oft-ignored certiorari stage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s behavior as a means of understanding the motivations of ideological factions on the Court.Item Don't Hit Snooze: A Review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me(2020) Barrish, DinaItem Introduction of civil rights, civil liberties and social welfare legislation by U.S. Representatives in Texas(2014) Geoffroy, KylerIn recent years, the media has tended to spotlight controversial legislation that (whether intended or not) limits access to public services and/or civil liberties. A prime example of this is the voter identification proposal, which has been introduced in many states, including Texas. These proposals, frequently introduced by Republican legislators, claim to combat voter fraud by requiring individuals to show photo identification at polling locations. Civil rights organizations, however, have come out strongly against these proposals, stating that voter ID is just a thinly veiled attempt at suppressing minority and low-income voter turnout. Attorney General Eric Holder has also weighed in on the issue, criticizing proposals such as voter ID as “partisan” tactics. But is there really a partisan element to the introduction of civil rights, social welfare, and civil liberties-related legislation? And what is the difference between the GOP and Democrats in terms of frequency and type of bill being introduced?Item Reframing the Refrain: Choice as a Civil Rights Issue(Texas Education Review, 2013) Vasquez Heilig, Julian