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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED250775 AUTHOR: Alexander, Benjamin H.; Royster, Preston M.
TITLE: Issues in the Educational Progress of Black People.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1984
NOTE: 41 p.; In: Marshner, Connaught, Ed. A Blueprint for
Education Reform. p191-230. For the complete document, see
EA 017 236.
ABSTRACT: Educational progress for black people requires
elimination of racial prejudice and discrimination against
the poor. Several issues relating to the education of black
people are discussed: (1) blacks continue to be incorrectly
stereotyped as intellectually inferior; (2) historically,
blacks suffered from discriminatory educational practices;
(3) parents, friends, and relatives of some black students,
as well as the students themselves, need to provide
educational motivation because it is evident that
achievement is possible despite the obstacles set up by
others; (4) the academic environment needs attention--with
efforts being made toward making learning as interesting and
enjoyable as possible; (5) failing students should be
retained until they learn a given grade level's material-
past problems in this area have caused many students to be
unprepared for high school and college work; (6)
universities should be relatively flexible in their
admissions policies, denying admission only to those
students with no possibility of successfully performing
college work; (7) a return to the basics in education can be
based on a national or core curriculum; (8) both the minds
and bodies of athletes need to be developed in colleges; (9)
standard English, not black English, should be stressed in
all schools; and (10) affirmative action efforts should
continue, since they have generally been helpful. (DCS)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Achievement; Affirmative-Action;
Athletics-; Basic-Skills; Bilingual-Education; Educational
Discrimination; Educational-Environment; Elementary
Secondary-Education; Postsecondary-Education; Racial-Bias;
Social-Discrimination; Student-Motivation
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Black-Education; *Educational-Change;
*Educational-Improvement; *Educational-Mobility
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