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Thornton, Margaret E. – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2023
The implementation of gifted programmes in the 1970s provided a way for school divisions to circumvent many of the aims of desegregated schooling as called for in "Brown v. Board of Education." This study examines the implementation of one such system in a Southern school district that saw schools close rather than integrate in the years…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Program Implementation, School Segregation
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Lucas, Ceil; Bayley, Robert; Hill, Joseph C.; McCaskill, Carolyn – Sign Language Studies, 2023
Recent research has shown that a distinct variety of American Sign Language, known as Black ASL, developed in the segregated schools for deaf African Americans in the US South during the pre-civil rights era. Research has also shown that in some respects Black ASL is closer than most white varieties to the standard taught in ASL classes and found…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Sign Language, African Americans
Rebora, Anthony – Educational Leadership, 2019
In an interview, Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria," discusses schools, race, and identity today.
Descriptors: Race, Racial Identification, Minority Group Students, Racial Bias
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Vasquez Heilig, Julian; Clark, Brent, Jr. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Charter schools have seen a nearly tripling in students, with approximately 3.1 million students enrolled in 2016-2017. As of 2017, 1 in 8 African American students attended a charter school in the United States. This article provides a conceptual introduction to a special issue on equity issues within the charter school movement, with a…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Equal Education, School Choice, Minority Group Students