Education in the Civil Rights Era through today

Question 1

Desegregation and its difficulties

Answer 1

• plessy vs ferguson: separate but equal, underfunded and unsupported, during depression, black schools gave resources to the whites
• brown vs the board: 13 families brough the court decision that separate but equal wasn’t equal. Blacks could attend the same schools as white
• oppositioni of this ruling gin the north and strong opposition in the south
• national guard had to come and escort blacks into schools

Question 2

Educational Gains by marginalized groups

Answer 2

• higher education act (increased programs for women and number of women in administrative programs)
• Law of 94-142 ( least restrictive env. and inclusion)

Question 3

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Answer 3

• targeted poor and minority children in urban american schools
• federal funding for school programs (social enrichment, library improvement, parental involvement)