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Educational Charter Schools: A Civil Rights Mirage?
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Frankenberg, Erica – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2011
The idea of charter schools arose as a means to allow for innovation by creating schools that were free from traditional regulations, but were held accountable for their performance. More recently, however, charter school advocates have suggested that increasing school choice options will create competition that improves the quality of education…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Access to Education, Racial Segregation
The Song Remains the Same: Transposition and the Disproportionate Representation of Minority Students in Special Education
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Beratan, Gregg – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2008
The disproportionate representation of minority students in special education has long been recognised as a problem in the United States. It is, however, only with the 2004 authorisation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) that Congress has tried to prescribe a remedy for this. Beginning with a deconstruction of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Disproportionate Representation
Freedom of Choice in Education.
Baldwin, Robert E. – American Education, 1982
Provides a historical overview of public education, advocates freedom of choice as the best method for distributing education, describes some of the benefits of parental choice, and answers objections to tuition tax credits. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Private School Aid, Private Schools, Public Education
"Brown", Black, and Yellow: Desegregation in a Multi-Ethnic Context
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Williamson, Joy Ann – History of Education Quarterly, 2004
The Brown decisions have become part of the collective American memory. Students know that the 1954 decision ended legalized segregation in elementary and secondary schools and rightly understand it as a benchmark in educational history. However, when pressed for information on the decisions, few have ever read the original court documents and…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, Educational History, Educational Change, Access to Education
Community Organizing for School Reform in the Mississippi Delta.
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Lambright, Nsombi – 2001
Racism is still the central problem in Mississippi. The White community resists participation by African Americans in every aspect of political, economic, educational, and cultural life. Education is the key to breaking the system, and it is no secret that the state's school boards, legislators, and corporations want to keep Black children and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Activism, Black Education, Community Action
Special Report: Short Answers to Common Questions About Bilingual Education.
Gonzalez, Josue M. – AGENDA, 1981
Defines United States bilingual education, why it is needed along with bicultural education, its advantages, why the Supreme Court did not require it, why it does not hinder English proficiency, the distinction between language grouping and segregation, why the research is inconclusive, and why Quebec's problems will not be encountered here. (LC)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Children
Chicano Studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
Garcia, Eugene E., Ed.; And Others – 1984
One in a series on bilingual education, this book contains 15 chapters organized under the following subject headings: Chicano studies; Chicano history, social structure, and politics; literature and folklore; and education. Carlos Munoz, Jr., traces the history of Chicano studies and its impact on access to higher education. Albert Camarillo…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Context