Male Academies for At-Risk Urban Youth: Legal and Policy Lessons from the Detroit Experience.

Vergon, Charles

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ERIC Number: EJ466806

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Male Academies for At-Risk Urban Youth: Legal and Policy Lessons from the Detroit Experience.

Vergon, Charles

West's Education Law Quarterly, v2 n2 p290-303 Apr 1993

Provides a brief history and description of the male academy program in Detroit, Michigan; reviews the nature of the legal arguments advanced in this case; and identifies lessons to be learned regarding the fundamental legal, political, and policy issues associated with the male academy movement. (68 references) (MLF)

Descriptors: Blacks, Court Litigation, Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Males, Politics of Education, Public Schools, Single Sex Schools, Urban Education

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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