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)
Browse School Diversity at PRRAC
PRRAC strongly supports federal, state and local efforts to increase racial and economic integration in K-12 education. We do this work primarily with and through the National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD), which we helped to found in 2009 along with former staff from the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute at Harvard Law School, and leadership of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the ACLU. Members of the NCSD Steering Committee include the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, PRRAC, ACLU, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, MALDEF, AALDEF, Kirwan Institute, NY Appleseed, UNC Center for Civil Rights, and the UCLA Civil Rights Project, along with a small group of prominent legal scholars. Since 2009, PRRAC has served as the primary staff and fiscal agent for the NCSD, with active support from many of the NCSD member organizations for specific advocacy campaigns, and volunteer contributions by members of the NCSD Research Advisory Panel.
For more on PRRAC’s work on education and school diversity, visit our page on the Housing-School Nexus.
“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)
