The COVID-19 pandemic created numerous disruptions for schools and districts that are still being dealt with heading into year three of the pandemic. These disruptions significantly impacted approaches and initiatives that were being set in motion prior to the pandemic. However, recent political and social shifts in U.S. society have exacerbated…

In this critical historical analysis, "Higher Education for American Democracy" is considered a historical artifact, and its veneration as a landmark quest for equal opportunity in higher education is challenged. I argue that this report and the institutional expansion that resulted positioned the federal government to have a direct role…

Recent evidence suggests school resources are continually segregated from minoritized communities. This funding disparity impacts students' long-term outcomes in school and in their community. Political discourse has prioritized school defunding, privatization through vouchers and related policies, and tax relief and at the same time greater…

This article explores how race-conscious education policy is interpreted in the political landscape of a "postracial" America. Based on a qualitative media analysis of the press coverage surrounding Amendment 46, an antiaffirmative action initiative, we examine language, statistics, and messages leveraged by advocates and critics of the…

Latin America's tumultuous changes over the last 30 years have posed dramatic challenges for educational policy and practice. Today, almost everywhere there is the realization that education holds the key to contemporary development; however, academic achievement and greater equity involve a complex relation among policy, school structure, and…

Discusses whether democratic values should be inculcated through school curriculum, tracing historical, legal, and constitutional factors that legitimize the function of democratic principles in school curriculum. To inculcate American democratic values, the democratic mission should be integrated with subject matter emphasis, learner needs, and…