Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f9K2ds019810; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:39:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:39:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <008b01c15906$27e54fe0$73a2e0d8@oemcomputer> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:624] Quality Public Education is a Civil Rights Issue X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 989 Lines: 24 The following is from the Public Education Network Weekly Newsblast: QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE According to Bob Moses and Charles Cobb, the dominant proposals for school reform aimed at addressing the plight of black children living in poverty--vouchers, busing, magnet schools--amount to a national program of moving students rather than fixing schools. The current national discussion on school "reform" revolves around designing education as a sorting machine rather than using education as an opportunity structure. If African Americans are going to make significant progress in education reform, the authors say we need to see education and literacy as a civil rights issue, and we need to organize. For the text of the article, go to: http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/2001-mj/civilrights.shtml Comments? Thoughts? Let's hear from you. * * * * * * * -Mary Ann Corley Povracelit List Moderator Director, National Center for Literacy and Social Justice
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