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 f9K5OA021123; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 01:24:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 01:24:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <MHOBKBCLMEAMJAAA@shared1-mail.whowhere.com> 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: "Susan Nilsson" <sjsusan@eudoramail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:625] Re: Quality Public Education is a Civil Rights Issue X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: MailCity Service Status: O Content-Length: 1880 Lines: 48 Thanks so much for the link to that article. We hear so much about how to improve schools using tactics that don't ever seem to focus on a person's right to a good education. This quote especially caught my attention: "In our vision, public education means quality public education for all students. Such an education remains an unfulfilled promise in this country." It's a tragedy that what some people take for granted, some don't even get a chance to attain. I'd love to hear accounts from people about how racism affects literacy levels and how literacy programs can address these inequalities. Susan Nilsson Student San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science -- On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:39:43 Mary Ann Corley wrote: >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 > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com
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