[Vision2020] value of desegregated education

Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:20:23 -0800

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Amy Stuart Wells, professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers 
College, Columbia University, co-authored a 42-page report, released on 
March 30, ( at www.tc.edu/newsbureau/features/wells033004.htm 
<http://www.tc.edu/newsbureau/features/wells033004.htm> ) studying the 
impact of attending desegregated high schools for members of the class 
of 1980.  More than 500 students and educators were interviewed.

Wells discovered that "desegregation made the vast majority of the 
students who attended these schools less racially prejudiced and more 
comfortable around people of different backgrounds."

Wells also discovered that "the vast majority of graduates across racial 
and ethnic lines greatly valued the daily cross-racial interaction in 
their high schools.  They found it to be one of the most meaningful 
experiences of their lives."

Since the early 1980's, the classrooms of America's K-12 schools have 
become much more segregated.  The irony is that as we approach the 50th 
anniversary of the Brown v Board decision that outlawed "separate but 
equal" segregated schools, America is resegregating.
BL

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<div>Amy Stuart Wells, professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers
College, Columbia University, co-authored a 42-page report, released on
March 30, ( at <a
 href="http://www.tc.edu/newsbureau/features/wells033004.htm"
 eudora="AUTOURL">www.tc.edu/newsbureau/features/wells033004.htm</a> )
studying the impact of attending desegregated high schools for members
of the class of 1980.&nbsp; More than 500 students and educators were
interviewed.</div>
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<div>Wells discovered that "desegregation made the vast majority of the
students who attended these schools less racially prejudiced and more
comfortable around people of different backgrounds."</div>
<br>
<div>Wells also discovered that "the vast majority of graduates across
racial and ethnic lines greatly valued the daily cross-racial
interaction in their high schools.&nbsp; They found it to be one of the most
meaningful experiences of their lives."</div>
<br>
Since the early 1980's, the classrooms of America's K-12 schools have
become much more segregated.&nbsp; The irony is that as we approach the 50th
anniversary of the Brown v Board decision that outlawed "separate but
equal" segregated schools, America is resegregating.<br>
<div>BL</div>
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