This highly focused collection of papers, commissioned by the
National Urban League, offers a candid and courageous portrait of
black education in transition. This is a period, as the editors
note in their opening remarks, that is characterized by a huge
shift from federal responsibility for minority education to
authority and autonomy being lodged at the local government level.
Further, many institutions that once worked well, no longer do so.
Many ambitious social programs and policies that originally
promised much, have been abandoned, have failed, or just faded
away. Pivotal to these times and changes is the question of the
extent to which the American educational system has been, or still
is, capable of being responsive to incorporating and even
instigating equity and excellence for black Americans. This volume
asks the hard questions: is the educational system geared up for
the maintenance of anything other than mainstream values? can it
adapt to minority youth requirements? when, why, and how do
educational policies of majorities and minorities clash? How are
priorities to be established--on the basis of wealth or need? The
legal statutes and administrative enforcement of equal educational
opportunities are explored in depth and with a deep compassion for
all parties involved.
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