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High Classroom Turnover: How Children Get Left Behind (May/June 2002 P&R Issue)
By Chester Hartman and Alison Leff (May/June 2002 P&R Issue) A 1994 U.S. General Accounting Office study reported that by the end of the third grade, one out of six children had attended three or more schools, and that students often changed schools more than once during the school year. For many schools, over a four- year time period, overall school stability can fall … [Read more...] about High Classroom Turnover: How Children Get Left Behind (May/June 2002 P&R Issue)
“Making the Grade: Exposing Structural Racism in Our Schools” by Tammy Johnson and Terry Keleher (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)
By Tammy Johnson & Terry Keleher (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) “…it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.”----- Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Nearly a half century has elapsed since the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed school segregation, yet students of color … [Read more...] about “Making the Grade: Exposing Structural Racism in Our Schools” by Tammy Johnson and Terry Keleher (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)
“Graduation and Promotion Testing: Potential Benefits and Risks for Minority Students, English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities” (September-October 2000 P&R Issue)
By Jay P. Heubert (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The stated objective of the “standards” movement in American public education is to hold all schools, teachers and students to high standards of teaching and learning. Accountability can take many forms, one of which is tests, known as “high-stakes” tests because they are used in making decisions about … [Read more...] about “Graduation and Promotion Testing: Potential Benefits and Risks for Minority Students, English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities” (September-October 2000 P&R Issue)
“Education and Incentives to Actualize Integration” by Don DeMarco (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By Don DeMarco (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The interracial team of Steinhorn and Diggs-Brown tell us that the integration glass is virtually empty. It’s hard to argue against that, except by citing Shaker Heights, Ohio, Oak Park, Illinois, South Orange/Maplewood, New Jersey, Phila–delphia’s West Mt. Airy neighborhood and the few other important … [Read more...] about “Education and Incentives to Actualize Integration” by Don DeMarco (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)