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Wheeler-Bell, Quentin – Educational Policy, 2019
Ghettos are a social evil. They are social atrocities maintained by inexcusable racist laws and practices, structures of class domination, and institutionalized political marginalization. After "Brown v. The Board of Education," educational reformers have increasingly (mis)framed the problem of "ghetto schools" as a failure to…
Descriptors: Ghettos, Social Problems, Critical Theory, Disadvantaged Schools
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Milligan, Tonya; Howley, Craig – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2015
This study explores how 10 principals in mostly-Black U.S. urban elementary schools staffed by mostly-White faculty understood and experienced the manifestations of racial differences. Narrative inquiry with nearly 700 pages of transcript data yielded three themes: (1) gradients of color-conscious leadership, (2) principals as moral agents, and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Racial Segregation
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Irizarry, Jason G. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2009
This article explores youth participatory action research as a promising instructional practice with the potential to reverse the depoliticizing and "softening" of multicultural education. It demonstrates how, with its explicit commitment to action, youth participatory action research can help to improve the educational experiences and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Action Research, Educational Experience, Teaching Methods
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Tucker, S. W. – Journal of Law and Education, 1975
Traces Virginia's reactions to the Brown decision--from evasion and resistance to containment to the present day strife over bussing. (DW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Racial Integration
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Weinberger, Caspar W. – Journal of Law and Education, 1975
Traces school integration progress and emphasizes the role of pride and community spirit in building good schools. (DW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, De Facto Segregation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Farrell, William E. – Journal of Law and Education, 1975
Cites evidence that large Northern cities have resisted integration and in some cases have grown increasingly segregated. (Author/DW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Drachler, Norman – 1977
The history of education and civil rights in Detroit is briefly reviewed before discussion begins on the implications of the Brown decision. It is a premise of the author that the 1954 Supreme Court decision influenced or directly brought about some major changes in the schools. The issues discussed here were raised during the decade following…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, Boards of Education, Civil Rights