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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. …
Redesign: A Case Study Of Change In A Kansas School District, Fred Van Ranken, Lori Goodson
Redesign: A Case Study Of Change In A Kansas School District, Fred Van Ranken, Lori Goodson
Educational Considerations
USD 240 Twin Valley School District, consisting of Bennington Grade School and Bennington Junior High/High School in Bennington and Tescott Grade School and Tescott Junior High/High School, was one of seven districts initially selected in August 2017 as part of the first cohort of Kansas State Department of Education's Kansas Can School Redesign Project. This article shares the journey, told by the superintendent and a researcher, of USD 240 as part of the ongoing program which now involves multiple cohorts of districts developing their own pathways toward improvement.