In the United States, school desegregation has been viewed as a possible route for improving intergroup relations, as indicated in the famous social science brief filed in the Brown v. The Board of Education case that laid the basis for school desegregation there. Thus, a substantial amount ...
Economic and geographic segregation have immunized those at the top from the problems of those down below. Like the kings of yore, they have come to perceive their privileged positions essentially as a natural right. [J] Our economy, our democracy and our society have paid for these...
School Segregation: Despite desegregation efforts, many schools remain de facto segregated due to residential segregation and disparities in school funding. Achievement Gap: African American students often have less access to high-quality educational resources, leading to lower educational attainment and ach...
Well it already does. The state has a funding formula, with all kinds of accountability measures in place. Since the vast majority (about 700,000) of those students attend our public schools, those funds flow through the public school system. Walters’s position with EKCO gives him the air ...
Trotter went to the White House and appealed to Wilson to end racial segregation, only to be abruptly shown the door. Debs was a Socialist activist and a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the 'Wobblies'. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison under the ...
While the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. The Board of Education ruled segregation in schools unconstitutional, white Americans in several Southern states stood firmly against integration. In Arkansas the battle played out in the national eye. In 1957, nine African American students attempt...
Since 2020, however, there seems to be a growing “war on merit.” The San Francisco School Board voted to endLowell High School's entrance examso that every student could attend in the name of opportunity and equality. As a public school, I understand the rationale. ...
A friend said to me once that the new year should start in September – as that is the time of new beginnings, holidays end, work life accelerates, kids start playschool and grade school or even leave home for fresh adventures. It’s been a decade since our family was knocked off its...
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people. — Coretta Scott King 121 How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I've got a cousin who is 18... Yeah, still belie...
While supporting the hell-raising tactics, I mostly took a little different tact in public. Raised in a suburban area of North Dallas, I befriended the handful of black students at my elementary school in the 1960s. Throughout school, I continued to reach beyond the color...