A Chance to Learn

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Professor Meyer Weinberg asks how - and why - have children minority groups been deprived by and excluded from the so-called American educational system?

Résumé
How - and why - have children of blacks, American Indians, Mexican-Americans, and Puerto Ricans been deprived by and often excluded from the so-called American educational system? In this classic 1977 study of a problem neglected or undervalued in most standard histories of American education, Professor Meyer Weinberg seeks the answers.

Contenu

Preface; Introduction: race in American education; Part I. Elementary and Secondary Education: 1. The system of compulsory ignorance; 2. Separate and unequal: black education, 1864 1950; 3. Struggle for public policy: black children since 1950; 4. Mexican-American children: the neighbours within; 5. Indian-American children; 6. Puerto Rican children; Part II. Higher Education: 7. Guarded preserve: black students in higher education; 8. Higher education for other minorities; Part III. Conclusions: 9. To educate all the children of all the people; Notes; Bibliography; Index.