Public School Choice: Implications for African American Students.

Peterkin, Robert S.; Jackson, Janice E.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Public School Choice: Implications for African American Students.

Peterkin, Robert S.; Jackson, Janice E.

Journal of Negro Education, v63 n1 p126-38 Win 1994

Argues that the successes of some urban school districts must be organized into a powerful system that delivers excellence and equity for all school children. This objective can be furthered through the addition of controlled choice to the public-education reform agenda. Controlled choice is within-district public-school choice. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Excellence in Education, Public Schools, School Choice, School Restructuring, Systems Development, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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