By Brian Knudsen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) April-June 2017 Issue of Poverty & Race When Frank Stevenson came to work in Richmond, California during World War II, he found that little appetite existed for residential racial integration. The white residents of rural Milpitas, California got wind in 1953 that the Ford Motor Company plant employing … [Read more...] about “Book Review- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein” by Brian Knudsen (April-June 2017 P&R Issue)
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PRRAC Update (June 26, 2014): New diversity language at Dept of Ed
Revised "diversity priority" proposed for Department of Education competitive grant programs: In 2010, the Department of Education approved a series of funding priorities that could be included as incentives or threshold requirements in Department competitive grant programs - including a priority for promoting racial and ethnic diversity in schools. However, since the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 26, 2014): New diversity language at Dept of Ed
“Schools Count” by Dianne M. Piché and Tamar Ruth (September-Ocober P&R Issue)
By Dianne M. Piché and Tamar Ruth (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In Class and Schools, Richard Rothstein suggests that school reform will not produce results unless and until the entire liberal social and economic agenda is fully enacted. He has summarized a one-sided collection of unsurprising and not very new studies about the impact of poverty, … [Read more...] about “Schools Count” by Dianne M. Piché and Tamar Ruth (September-Ocober P&R Issue)
“Even the Best Schools Can’t Do It Alone” by Richard Rothstein (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
By Richard Rothstein (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) At a time when the No Child Left Behind Act all but monopolizes the debate on school reform, Richard Rothstein raises important points that underscore the broader context of public education—a context that deserves to be taken seriously now more than ever. To be sure, schools will benefit when policymakers … [Read more...] about “Even the Best Schools Can’t Do It Alone” by Richard Rothstein (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
“Inequality and the Schoolhouse” by Stan Karp (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
By Stan Karp (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Richard Rothstein asks how much schools can be expected to overcome the staggering inequality that continues to define our society. It’s the right question. Educational inequality—whose manifestations go well beyond test score gaps—is perhaps the central problem our schools face. How we deal with it will go a long … [Read more...] about “Inequality and the Schoolhouse” by Stan Karp (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
