The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Here Comes the Farm Labor Organizing Committee Vol. 20, No. 4, 1998 pp. 24-26 Baldemar Velasquez founded and currently serves as president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. In August 1998, Velasquez was interviewed at the Southern Regional Council. The
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Lewis, D’Orso, and Cox: 1998 Lillian Smith Book Award Winners Vol. 20, No. 4, 1998 pp. 24-26 On November 6, 1998, the 1998 Lillian Smith Book Award for nonfiction was awarded to John Lewis and Michael D’Orso forWalking with the
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Reshaping Education Forty-Five Years After Brown By Wendy S. Johnson Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 p. 3 An SRC survey on racial attitudes found sixty percent of Americans rank improving schools and education as a top priority over any other
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Lessons Learned: A Decade of Education Reform By Sarah Ellen Torian Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 pp. 4-13 “It’s not a problem to be behind,” George Washington Carver Middle School Principal Robert Markham constantly reminds students, teachers, and parents, “but
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Tracking Hurts Children By Marcia Klenbort Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 p. 14 What is “tracking”? A high school sophomore who spent most of his schooling in low-level courses, says: “You live in the basement, you die in the basement.
The Right Attacks Public Schools By Barbara Miner Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 pp. 15-18 The religious right, helped by more moderate conservative forces, is taking aim at the very concept of public education. Buoyed by the conservative movement’s success
Promote Educational Success, Not Failure By Gregory Malhoit Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 p. 18 North Carolina’s State Board of Education seems determined to adopt a “quick fix” education policy that could hold back thousands of students who fail state-administered
Tracking Hurts Children By Ellen Spears Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 p. 19 Several Southern state legislatures are considering controversial school voucher proposals, which public education advocates call a thinly veiled ploy to undermine public school funding and secure public
Education Is Key to Reducing Racial Inequality John Dobie Research Associates Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 pp. 20-21 A national survey of racial attitudes conducted by John Doble Research Associates for the Southern Regional Council (see Southern Changes, Spring 1997
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Schools in Conflict: A History Lesson By Leslie Dunbar Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 pp. 22-23 The Supreme Court’s school desegregation decision announced May 17, 1954 had been too long coming. The South’s political order, aided by the nation’s indifference