ERIC Number: ED379769
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994-Nov
Pages: 9
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"Brown" at 40: The Tasks That Remain for Educators and Lawyers.
Heubert, Jay P.
This paper describes some of the race discrimination issues in education that are most pressing 40 years after the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision and offers ways in which lawyers and educators can help address such discrimination. The following race discrimination issues in education are likely to produce conflict: (1) the use of ability groupings that tend to segregate students of color; (2) educational remedies in school desegregation cases ("Milliken II"); (3) educational services for limited-English-proficient students and the feasibility of bilingual education; (4) educational services for children of undocumented immigrants and the role of school officials in enforcing national immigration laws; and (5) harassment based on race and national origin. Lawyers and educators should approach discrimination not only as a legal problem but as a problem warranting immediate and aggressive educational interventions. Attorneys can encourage their education clients to take the following steps: (1) acknowledge the problem; (2) promote student and staff diversity; (3) teach students the history of the American civil rights movement; (4) eliminate ability groupings and set high expectations for all students; (5) ensure that curricula respects the contributions and concerns of persons of color; (6) modify pedagogies; (7) treasure native languages and ethnic identities; (8) create professional staffs to serve an increasingly diverse student population; (9) eliminate funding inequities; and (10) reduce concentrations of poor children in urban schools. (LMI)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Brown v Board of Education
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