Baby Boom: After World War II, birth rates soared as Americans returned from the military. In result, the “baby-boom” created a large cohort of teenagers by the late 1950s and it became the leading edge of a new youth culture.
Civil Rights Era: The Civil Rights crusade was led by African Americans and they constituted the majority of its participants. It embraced leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Civil Rights organizations like the NAACP and Black Panthers had different visions, but overall, they both wanted equal rights. With the thousands of volunteers, the movement succeeded and created a monumental impact. The Civil Rights movement placed the question of educational and social equality on the national agenda, which made the …show more content…
It was intended to help children overcome developmental disadvantages. Head Start was a historically new approach to addressing inequality in education.
Compensatory is a term that was used to describe programs to help the poor. Critics say it implies that clients of the programs were somehow deficient and deviant. Culturally deprived is a term that is also objected. It is used to describe poor and minority residents of the inner city. In 1980, both terms were no longer used in social scientific explanations. Instead, scientists came up with the terms social and cultural capital to define the difference in educational backgrounds of various groups.
Education of all Handicapped Children Act 1975 and statistics: The federal government required school districts to provide special education students with free and appropriate schooling. By the 1990s, 12% of the public school population attend the program. The goal was to help students with learning disabilities and keep up with other …show more content…
The action wanted groups who suffered discrimination in the past to be granted first priority for opportunities in the present and future.
Allan Bakke case and concept of quotas: Bakke argued that the University of California denied his admission due to the campus in favor of less qualified minority students, causing him to sue the school. The Supreme Court ruled that the school’s admissions policies applied discrimination and quotas that were unconstitutional. Bakke was admitted into the university after the case.
School size research findings-six statements: 1) Research suggested that the development of bigger high schools created greater psychological distance between adolescents and adults. 2) Greater numbers of students were excluded from schools activities in larger institutions. 3) There was a loss of adult control in big schools and a reduction between teacher and student contact. 4) Other studies have argued that greater school sizes inhibits student learning. 5) Authors reported that school size was a significant factor in accounting for scholarly performance and disciplinary actions. 6) Larger secondary schools were more likely to be founded in urban
Civil Rights Era: The Civil Rights crusade was led by African Americans and they constituted the majority of its participants. It embraced leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Civil Rights organizations like the NAACP and Black Panthers had different visions, but overall, they both wanted equal rights. With the thousands of volunteers, the movement succeeded and created a monumental impact. The Civil Rights movement placed the question of educational and social equality on the national agenda, which made the …show more content…
It was intended to help children overcome developmental disadvantages. Head Start was a historically new approach to addressing inequality in education.
Compensatory is a term that was used to describe programs to help the poor. Critics say it implies that clients of the programs were somehow deficient and deviant. Culturally deprived is a term that is also objected. It is used to describe poor and minority residents of the inner city. In 1980, both terms were no longer used in social scientific explanations. Instead, scientists came up with the terms social and cultural capital to define the difference in educational backgrounds of various groups.
Education of all Handicapped Children Act 1975 and statistics: The federal government required school districts to provide special education students with free and appropriate schooling. By the 1990s, 12% of the public school population attend the program. The goal was to help students with learning disabilities and keep up with other …show more content…
The action wanted groups who suffered discrimination in the past to be granted first priority for opportunities in the present and future.
Allan Bakke case and concept of quotas: Bakke argued that the University of California denied his admission due to the campus in favor of less qualified minority students, causing him to sue the school. The Supreme Court ruled that the school’s admissions policies applied discrimination and quotas that were unconstitutional. Bakke was admitted into the university after the case.
School size research findings-six statements: 1) Research suggested that the development of bigger high schools created greater psychological distance between adolescents and adults. 2) Greater numbers of students were excluded from schools activities in larger institutions. 3) There was a loss of adult control in big schools and a reduction between teacher and student contact. 4) Other studies have argued that greater school sizes inhibits student learning. 5) Authors reported that school size was a significant factor in accounting for scholarly performance and disciplinary actions. 6) Larger secondary schools were more likely to be founded in urban