1st Edition

Black Education A Quest for Equity and Excellence

Edited By Willy DeMarcell Smith Copyright 1989
252 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

247 Pages
by Routledge

This highly focused collection of papers, commissioned by the National Urban League, offers a candid and courageous portrait of black education in transition. This is a period, as the editors note in their opening remarks, that is characterized by a huge shift from federal responsibility for minority education to authority and autonomy being lodged at the local government level. Further, many... Read more
1: Black Education: A Quest for Equity and Excellence; 2: Taking the Initiative in Education: The National Urban League Agenda; 3: A Leadership Blueprint for Equity and Excellence in Black Higher Education; 4: Equity in Education: A Low Priority in the School Reform Movement; 5: Educational Policy Trends in a Neoconservative Era; 6: Legislating for Effective Schools and Academic Excellence; 7: Black Teachers: A Vanishing Tradition; 8: Improving Black Education: Perspectives on Parent Involvement; 9: Test Fairness and Bias: Measuring Academic Achievement Among Black Youth; 10: Sorting Black Students for Success and Failure: The Inequity of Ability Grouping and Tracking; 11: The Eroding Status of Blacks in Higher Education: An Issue of Financial Aid; 12: The Intended and Unintended Benefits of School Desegregation; 13: The Case for a Separate Black School System; 14: Desegregating with Magnet and One-Race Elementary and Secondary Schools; 15: The Consent Decree as a Tool for Desegregation in Higher Education; 16: Elements of Effective Black Schools; 17: School Power: A Model for Improving Black Student Achievement; 18: Reintegration for Education: Black Community Involvement with Black Students in Schools; 19: Memphis Inner-City Schools Improvement- Project: A Holistic Approach for Developing Academic Excellence; 20: A Community Initiative:Making a Difference in the Quality of Black Education; 21: Black School Pushouts And Dropouts: Strategies For Reduction; 22: Black Teenage Pregnancy: A Challenge for Educators; About the Authors

Biography

Willy DeMarcell Smith