Class, Caste and the Classroom: Effective Public Policy vs. Effective Public Education.

Jackson, Mary; And Others

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Publication Date: 1991

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Class, Caste and the Classroom: Effective Public Policy vs. Effective Public Education.

Jackson, Mary; And Others

Western Journal of Black Studies, v15 n4 p242-47 Win 1991

Considers maintenance of African-American/white status relationships through educational policy in four Cleveland (Ohio) elementary schools. Although African-American and European American children begin with equal potential, that potential is developed to a lesser extent in African Americans. Discusses ways of countering challenges to African-American educational access and success. (RLC)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Achievement, Black Students, Educational Policy, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Equal Education, Minority Group Children, Public Policy, Racial Differences, Racial Discrimination, Social Class, Social Status, Urban Schools, White Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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