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Summary
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how well our educational system--from kindergarten through college--serves disadvantaged minority students, and offers a wealth of ideas for strengthening the entire educational pipeline.
Author Notes
RICHARD O. HOPE is vice president and director of the Woodrow Wilson Program in Public Policy and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. From 1988 to 1990, he was executive director of the Quality Education for Minorities Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Educating a New Majority seeks to bring together two important themes: the increasingly diverse student population of the US, and ongoing efforts at educational reform. Each of these themes is significant socially and educationally, and there is a real need for a work bringing the two together. As the editors write in their preface, "A new vision of educating diverse peoples is needed in order to tap all the country's human potential so that the nation can continue to prosper and compete in the global arena." Although a new vision may well be needed, it is not clear that it is necessarily tied to such an ideology of global competitiveness. In any event, this book provides no such vision. The authors, with a few exceptions, seem unfamiliar with the huge bodies of scholarly work and case studies in both the areas of diversity and educational reform. Further, those involved in school-based reforms will be surprised by how little the authors seem to know about day-to-day reform efforts taking place in schools across the country. This book, which promises so much, is a disappointment. Graduate; faculty. T. Reagan University of Connecticut
Table of Contents
| Foreword |
| An Educational System in CrisisL. Randon and R. Hope |
| Current Challenges to Minority Education in The Twernty-First Century |
| Education, the Economy, and Tomorrow's WorkforceR. Marshall and R. Glover |
| Ending the Crisis in the K12 SystemJ. Cardenas |
| Responding to the New Demographics in Higher EducationS. Brown |
| Changing State and Federal Roles in Improving Minority EducationD. Matthews |
| Restructuring Schools to Foster Minority Student Success |
| Understanding the Need for RestructuringR. Johnson |
| Promoting Effective Teaching for DiversityV. Jones and R. Clemson |
| Developing Alternatives to Tracking and GradingJ. Oakes and M. Lipton |
| Strengthening Mathematics Education: Critical Skills for the New MajorityB. Anderson |
| Involving Parents and Communities in School ReformE. Triana and S. Malcom |
| Indian Nations at Risk: An Educational Strategy for ActionW. Demmert |
| Reforming Higher Education |
| Reflecting Inclusiveness in the College CurriculumM. Garcia and D. Smith |
| Closing the Gap Between Two- and Four-Year InstitutionsL. Randon and H. Garza |
| Developing a ``Pipeline'' Recruitment Program for Minority FacultyL. Maldonado and C. Willie |
| Ensuring Campus Climates That Embrace DiversityS. Harris and M. Nettles |
| Expanding External Support for At-Risk StudentsL. Zwerling |
| Revitalizing Minority Colleges and UniversitiesR. Hope |
| Leadership Imperatives for Educating a New Majority |
| Creating Schools for All LearnersT. Cipollone, et al. |
| Creating a New Kind of Leadership for Campus DiversityB. Ramirez |
| Educating a New Majority: Mandate for the New CenturyR. Hope and L. Randon |
