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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED322623 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Equity and Choice: Issues and Answers in the Dallas
Schools.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 36 p.; Address given before the National Committee for
School Desegregation (Fort Worth, TX, March 5, 1990).
ABSTRACT: As desegregation alternatives to busing are
explored in the Dallas school district, educational equity
remains a priority. Components and goals of the Dallas
educational equity plan are presented in this address. The
two most consistent challenges are recruiting minority staff
and getting white students to attend schools in
predominantly minority areas. A major feature of the school
district plan is a controlled choice policy, of which
special K-6 learning centers are a part. The ways in which
the Pearl C. Anderson learning center (Dallas, Texas)
recruited students and created special programs are
discussed. The learning center's success is attributed to
shared organizational purpose, an emphasis on positive
individual experience, enhancement of student achievement in
traditional and nontraditional subjects, and parent
education and participation. Conclusions are that the gap
between minority and white achievement opportunities has
narrowed, but has not closed, and that educational equity is
both crucial and attainable. (LMI)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Achievement; Affirmative-Action;
Busing-; Community-Involvement; Curriculum-Enrichment;
Educational-Quality; Effective-Schools-Research; Elementary
Secondary-Education; Faculty-Integration; Minority-Groups;
Multicultural-Education; Parent-Education; Parent
Participation; School-Choice; School-Desegregation; School
Resegregation; Staff-Development; Teacher-Student
Relationship
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Blacks-; *Educational-Discrimination;
*Educationally-Disadvantaged; *Educational-Opportunities;
*Equal-Education
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