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Murphy, Jerome T. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
Segregated and unequal education, the main instrument for sorting children into their color-coded societal niches, is deeply embedded in South Africa. Despite obstacles such as inadequate funding, a tough, Eurocentric curriculum, and a bewildering school management bureaucracy nearing collapse, South Africa's general prosperity and political…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Blacks, Economic Factors, Educational Change