ERIC Number: ED096046
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1974-Jan-21
Pages: 92
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An Education Plan for the Denver Public Schools.
Cardenas, Jose A.
The development and submission, for the Court's consideration, of an education plan for Hispano and Black children in Denver Public Schools was requested by plaintiffs in this case. The Court ordered the development of a school program based on the characteristics of these children. The proposed plan provides the rationale and activities necessary for accomplishing this, trying to eliminate the incompatibilities between the school and the minority children. The plan proposed was based on the Cardenas-Cardenas Theory of Incompatibilities, which attributes the poor school performance of minority and disadvantaged children to an incompatibility between the characteristics of these children and those in typical instructional programs. Five incompatibility areas are: poverty, culture, language, mobility, and societal perceptions. Since these are so interrelated, the program incorporated the principles of (1) interrelatedness and interdependence and (2) adaptability. It outlines the elements of school activity which must be adopted: educational philosophies, policies, scope and sequence, curriculum, staffing, co-curriculum activities, student personnel services, noninstructional needs, community involvement, and evaluation. (NQ)
Publication Type: Guides - General
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado
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