New data show just how successful affirmative action programs have been at elite colleges and universities. Too bad those data might not have much relevance for the current debate over preferences in higher education.Â
Education in America
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Are Black Diplomas Worth Less?
Relative to whites, minorities have made impressive gains in education attainment. Why are they still falling behind economically?
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Affirmative Action at Berkeley
We continue the debate on affirmative action in response to Karen Paget’s “Diversity at Berkeley: Demogoguery or Demography” (TAP, Spring 1992) and Paul Starr’s “Civil Reconstruction: What to Do Without Affirmative Action” (TAP, Winter 1992) ADMISSIONS OMISSIONS BY LEWIS R. JONES T he University of California at Berkeley is one of the most selective large […]
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Blaming Teachers
Reformers demand a better class of teachers, but rewarding the good and weeding out the bad is trickier than it seems.
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The Community Is Their Textbook: Maryland’s Experiment with Mandatory Service for Students
At its best, service learning enriches both students and their communities. But creating good programs isn’t easy.
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“F” Is for Fizzle: The Faltering School Privatization Movement
Entrepreneurs promised they could rescue public schools and turn a profit too. Reality intruded.
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Controversy: Charters and Choice
Joe Nathan Rosa Parks-yes, that Rosa Parks-recently applied to open a charter school in Detroit. That’s one of many things omitted in Richard Rothstein’s critique of the charter public school movement [“Charter Conundrum,” TAP, July-August 1998]. As a researcher, a former teacher in inner-city public schools, and a former PTA president whose three children attend […]
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Starting Small, Thinking Big
Society needs to help the very young, long before formal schooling begins, or the battle for the next generation will be lost.
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Conceding Success
Several recent studies show that two major undertakings of progressive government — environmental regulation and public education — have been far more successful than widely believed.
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Lingo Jingo
The story told by the English-only movement is nonsense from beginning to end. No language was ever less in need of official protection.
