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Preston, John – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2017
In the 1960s federal agencies in the US encouraged the building of protected schools designed to survive a nuclear attack. A number of designs, including underground schools, were constructed. In order to promote the building of protected schools, the US government produced a number of propaganda films for school boards and governors. In addition…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, War, National Security
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Mikulyuk, Ashley B.; Braddock, Jomills H. – Education and Urban Society, 2018
Despite existing research that demonstrates the benefits of racial diversity in education, the Court has become increasingly disinclined to allow the use of race or ethnicity in education policy targeted to increase race/ethnic diversity, absent a compelling state interest. The debate over the merits of educational diversity has almost exclusively…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Diversity (Institutional), Metropolitan Areas, Social Integration
Center for Public Education, National School Boards Association, 2021
Since the first charter school law passed in Minnesota in 1991, over 40 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws allowing the publicly funded, privately managed, and semiautonomous schools of choice. Ever since the first charter school opened in Minnesota in 1992, the battle for fair funding has raged across the land. On the one hand,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Academic Achievement
Quick, Kimberly; Damante, Rebecca – Century Foundation, 2016
Despite violent resistance to school desegregation and 98 percent of white suburban parents of the time opposing integration, Louisville's history is unique, in that it is one of the only districts that has maintained a staunch commitment to integration over the last fifty years. Even in 2007, when the Supreme Court declared it was…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Racial Integration, Parent Attitudes, Diversity (Institutional)
Frankenburg, Erica – Equity Assistance Center Region II, Intercultural Development Research Association, 2020
More than ever before, social science research identifies an array of academic and social benefits for students stemming from learning in integrated educational settings, which is even more beneficial for younger students. While some state and local education agencies may raise concerns over shifting legal principles and political apprehension in…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Socioeconomic Status, Racial Integration, Educational Benefits
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Flynn, Jill Ewing – Multicultural Perspectives, 2017
This study explores the long-term effects of critical multicultural pedagogy on seven adolescents. Four years later, participants continued to demonstrate awareness of privilege and racism, yet few were actively engaged in antiracist work. Participants also expressed disillusionment and lamented the lack of productive discussions of critical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Critical Theory, Multicultural Education, Outcomes of Education
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Dixson, Adrienne – Teachers College Record, 2015
This chapter provides a critique of the post-racial discourse that emerged after the election of President Barack Obama as the first African American president of the United States. Using personal narrative, I extend this critique of the post-racial within the context of a multicultural education graduate program.
Descriptors: Equal Education, Racial Integration, Discourse Analysis, Presidents
Hilton, Michael – National Coalition on School Diversity, 2016
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the latest reauthorization of the country's premier K-12 education law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under ESSA state education agencies (SEAs), along with local education agencies (LEAs) and the communities they serve assume significant new responsibilities, ranging from the formulation of…
Descriptors: Racial Integration, School Desegregation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Domanico, Raymond – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2018
New York City is the nation's largest school system. Once again racial integration of schools in New York has become a hot button issue. It appears that much work needs to be done before enacted changes to middle school admissions policies in two city districts can refer to the present time period as the dawn of a new age of racial justice. Mayor…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Achievement Gap, Middle Schools, Racial Integration
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Boerman-Cornell, William – Reading Teacher, 2016
This study analyzes how second, third, and fourth graders in a racially integrated suburban school engaged in multimodal meaning making in the context of a book club discussing Ben Hatke's graphic novel "Zita the Spacegirl." Qualitative analysis of field notes and assessments indicated three overall findings: First, students responded to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4
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De Voto, Craig; Wronowski, Meredith L. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
This study investigated the efficacy of race-neutral student assignment policies following the 2007 Supreme Court decision in "Parents Involved". Highlighting one urban school district--Chicago Public Schools--we examined differences in racial composition at their elite, "selective enrollment" high schools before and after…
Descriptors: School Resegregation, Public Schools, Court Litigation, Urban Schools
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Mattheis, Allison – Journal of School Leadership, 2017
This article reports the findings of a multiyear investigation of school district central office directors of diversity and equity in Minnesota, who play an important role in school desegregation/integration policy implementation. Ethnographic and survey data were collected to examine a range of leadership activities and perspectives in…
Descriptors: Central Office Administrators, Educational Policy, School Districts, Instructional Leadership
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Reddick, Richard J.; Johnson, Emily A.; Jones, Ashley; Lowe, Tracie A. J.; Stone, Ashley N.; Thomas, James – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
From the inception of the integration of predominantly White institutions in higher education marked by "Sweatt v. Painter" in 1950, The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has been a battleground for educational equity. The university continues to find itself at ground zero in the battle for race and equity in higher education and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, African American Students, Honors Curriculum, Equal Education
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Othman, Azam; Ruslan, Norbaiduri – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to present the qualitative findings on students' and teachers' experiences in communicating and interacting with students and teachers from different ethnic backgrounds in the Malaysian vision schools initiative. Design/methodology/approach: Face-to-face interviews were conducted involving 15 informants comprising of three…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Ritter, Gary W.; Jensen, Nathan C.; Kisida, Brian; Bowen, Daniel H. – Education and Urban Society, 2016
We examine the impact of charter schools on school integration in the Little Rock, Arkansas metropolitan area. We find that charters are less likely to be hyper-segregated than traditional public schools (TPS), but TPS have compositions more closely reflecting the region. However, differences in each case are slight. Using student-level data to…
Descriptors: School Choice, Urban Schools, Charter Schools, School Desegregation
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