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A Critical Historical Examination Of Tracking As A Method For Maintaining Racial Segregation, Todd Mccardle
A Critical Historical Examination Of Tracking As A Method For Maintaining Racial Segregation, Todd Mccardle
Educational Considerations
Using a Critical Race Theory framework, this manuscript examines the scholarly literature on the intersection of tracking and its historical use as a method for establishing and maintaining racial segregation in American public schools. I begin by exploring accounts of tracking in American public educational institutions as researched by historians of education. Then, I examine contemporary manifestations of tracking in American public schools beginning in the 20th century by sociologists of education. Within the discussion of contemporary tracking, I explore the use of tracking through magnet schools in order to circumvent federal legislation aimed at desegregating American public schools. …