Analyzes how immigration policy affects educators' efforts to teach in schools serving immigrant families, highlighting critical factors in meeting the needs of immigrant students (e.g., access to schools and differentiated curricula). Suggests that immigration policy affects education by facilitating a massive increase in immigrant enrollment,…

Examines traditional notions of positivism and rational-linear thinking that have guided public school practice, interrogating modernist concepts of the melting pot and multiculturalism through an African American and critical theoretical voice. Offers a postmodernist perspective grounded in spirituality that welcomes involving the whole self in…

School practices need to be brought into line with our democratic ideals. Even a cursory review of education in the decolonized world reveals how easy it is to reverse the effects of decades of neglect and oppression, notwithstanding economic difficulties and limited professional resources. (CMG)

Explains how gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and queer/questioning students are denied equal education, offering reasons, based on principles of democracy and social justice, that unjust denial should be remedied. Discusses the importance of teaching values, describing how to analyze the competing claims of those advocating and those…

As the quintessential right-to-education case, "Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka," (1954) addressed equality of educational opportunity for all students regardless of race. Recently, the term "digital divide" has been used primarily to highlight inequities between various social groups with respect to acquiring computers and accessing the…

Argues that the failures of compensatory education are due to an unwillingness to acknowledge the depth of deprivation of the child and an inability to focus upon him the massive resources necessary to compensate for deprivation. Offers a new concept which wi ll depict the need for compensatory programs. (DM)

Principals' leadership is crucial to urban schools' attaining goals of equity and excellence. Suggests that principals commit their schools to the belief that every child can learn, communicate this vision, put it into action, and be an example and resource for staff and students. (CJS)

Discusses the realities of urban schools, reviewing school reform as an instrument for change, highlighting a public urban district and its approach to addressing equity issues, and examining the literature relevant to after-school programming as a viable urban reform initiative. Concludes with suggestions regarding desegregation remedies and…

The journey by African Americans to achieve quality education began with passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution providing the freedmen citizenship and protection from hostile state action under its due process and equal protection clauses. This article traces the plight of Black Americans to gain access to quality schools…

Explores aspects of four school referenda in Albuquerque in 1968 and 1969. Data suggest that income did not significantly correlate with elections utilizing the property tax as a funding base, but did so with voting behavior in an election with income tax as a funding base. (RJ)

Examines educational changes--and theoretical and technical advances--making possible the collection of usable and appropriate information on school-site and classroom-level spending, and the legal precedents for using school spending in determining equity and thus the legality of public education funding structures. Final comments address the…

Analyzes the experiences of three midsize Michigan school districts in implementing school desegregation programs under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). Concludes that effective implementation requires clear goals and objectives, committed leadership, community support, and on-going political support. (FMW)

Describes factors hindering the recruitment and retention of minority students in gifted education. Presents recommendations for change that center on equitable screening and identification instruments and procedures, providing minority students with a quality education, addressing barriers to student achievement, and improving teacher…

In May 1954, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous 9-0 opinion in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas" ("Brown I," 1954). In holding that de jure segregation in public schools based on race violated the Equal Protection Clause, the Court prepared American society for a larger concept, namely that children in…

This article examines the root causes for the overrepresentation of African American students in special education classes and their under representation in gifted and talented programs in America's public schools. The article (a) provides a historic overview of the legal struggles for educational equity, (b) examines key issues surrounding the…