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A Strategic Action Plan For The Education Of African-American Students In The State Of Washington

Journal of Educational Controversy

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Position Statement Of The Multi-Ethnic Think Tank

Journal of Educational Controversy

Call to Action: Mandating Equitable and Culturally Competent Education for All Students in the State of Washington.

Washington State Education Plan For Hispanic Youth (Pk-20)

Journal of Educational Controversy

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A Strategic Plan For The Education Of Asian/Pacific Islander American Students In The State Of Washington

Journal of Educational Controversy

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About The Authors

Journal of Educational Controversy

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Indian Education Plan For Washington Youth

Journal of Educational Controversy

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Keeping The Passion Alive: The Realities Of Social Justice, Lynette Vogeley

Journal of Educational Controversy

In the following essay, a college student in a teacher education program discusses some of the realities in working for social justice as a future teacher. She shares her experiences both in her academic program, and in forming a student action group following a discussion and book seminar with author Jonathan Kozol.

Teachers change lives. This is one of the reasons I chose to become one. Another reason I chose the teaching profession was due to my phenomenal experience in high school as a peer tutor in a life skills setting. Witnessing the growth of students through the course of …

Parents Involved In Community Schools V. Seattle School District No. L: Racial Imbalance Is Not Segregation, Sonya D. Jones, Erin N. Ramsey

Journal of Educational Controversy

On June 28, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a crucial case involving race-based, public school assignment plans in compulsory education. The quote above from Justice Thomas’s concurrence captures the spirit of the Court’s decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, striking down public school assignment policies based on racial classifications. Quite simply, the Court determined that the policies used in both the Seattle and Louisville school districts violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, it baffled the …

Low Socio-Economic Think Tank Strategic Plan

Journal of Educational Controversy

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Eviscerating The Legacy Of Brown In Pics V. Seattle, Brett Rubio

Journal of Educational Controversy

“This is a decision that the Court and the Nation will come to regret.” Justice Stephen G. Breyer

The Supreme Court decision in PICS v. Seattle came as little surprise to the many who believed that the current conservative makeup of the court would triumph over legal reasoning and precedent. The decision was 5-4 against the school districts, but the difference was 4-1-4 with liberal and conservative justices splitting evenly, and moderate conservative, Justice Anthony Kennedy, concurring with the decision of the other conservatives, but not their entire reasoning. This split reminds us that the issue of race is far …

Toward A Critical Race Pedagogy Of Hope: A Rejoinder To Brian Schultz, Sherick A. Hughes

Journal of Educational Controversy

“The idea that hope alone will transform the world…is an excellent route to hopelessness, pessimism, and fatalism. The attempt to do without hope, in the struggle to improve the world, as if that struggle could be reduced to calculated acts alone, or a purely scientific approach, is a frivolous illusion” (Freire, 1996, p. 8).

Oprah Winfrey was interviewed recently by Newsweek regarding her forty million dollar Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. Winfrey justified launching the project in South Africa instead of in the States by adding: “I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools that I just stopped …

The Community Outreach Demonstration Project “It Takes A Village To Raise A Child”, Andrew Griffin

Journal of Educational Controversy

Washington has experienced a large increase in the population of students of color in recent years. According to a 2000 report from the Northwest Regional Educational Lab (NWREL) titled, The UNITY PROJECT: Creating a Circle of Awareness, the percent of students of color in 1980 was 12 percent. In 1998, the percent had jumped to 23 and, in 2004, students of color made up 28.6 percent of the student population of Washington. In 2000, 34 percent of Hispanic children and 24 percent of Asian children were living in households where English was not the primary language. A large proportion …