Beyond Desegregation: The Politics of Quality in African American Schooling

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Focuses on the politics surrounding the pursuit of equality of education in America for African Americans. Examines desegregation from its original intent of quality schooling for African Americans to its current incarnation of striving for racial balance in schools. Discusses the growing movement among African American families and communities to obtain quality schooling for their children in safe, anti-racist, culturally affirming, but segregated environments. This well-researched, in-depth look at the quality ...
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Focuses on the politics surrounding the pursuit of equality of education in America for African Americans. Examines desegregation from its original intent of quality schooling for African Americans to its current incarnation of striving for racial balance in schools. Discusses the growing movement among African American families and communities to obtain quality schooling for their children in safe, anti-racist, culturally affirming, but segregated environments. This well-researched, in-depth look at the quality of schooling for African American students presents the views of two dozen scholars. They share their remarkable experiences and their interpretations of how desegregation has changed the content of education for the majority of African Americans.
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The first volume in a new series contains 12 well-researched contributions which examine desegregation from its original intent of quality schooling for African Americans to its current incarnation of striving for racial balance in schools. The content is arranged in sections on historical and philosophical contexts, the politics of implementation, impact on African American community life and life in schools, and visions beyond desegregation. Corwin Press is an imprint of Sage Publications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780803962620
  • Publisher: Corwin Press
  • Publication date: 3/21/1996
  • Series: African Americans Series , #1
  • Pages: 312

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1 Reclaiming Historical Visions of Quality Schooling: The Legacy of Early 20th-Century Black Intellectuals 5
2 The Brown Decision Revisited: Mathematizing a Social Problem 29
3 Only One Oar in the Water: The Political Failure of School Desegregation in Yonkers, New York 53
4 Implementation of Court-Ordered Desegregation by District-Level School Administrators 75
5 Promoting Positive Peer Relations in Desegregated Schools 91
6 Cultural Ignorance and School Desegregation: A Community Narrative 115
7 Before and After School Desegregation: African American Parents' Involvement in Schools 138
8 High-Quality Schooling for African American Students 162
9 African American Student Leadership: Implications for Quality in College Achievement in the 21st Century 185
10 Can Institutions Care? Evidence From the Segregated Schooling of African American Children 209
11 The All-Black School: Inherently Unequal or a Culture-Based Alternative? 227
12 School Desegregation, the Politics of Culture, and the Council of Independent Black Institutions 253
Name Index 269
Subject Index 276
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