ERIC Number: ED603845
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Publication Date: 2019-Nov-12
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The Democratic Candidates' Positions on School Diversity & Related Educational Equity Issues
Tegeler, Philip; Hollinger, Abi; Milwit, Lily
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
The first set of Democratic presidential debates in June brought to the spotlight issues of school diversity and equity, as Senator Kamala Harris asserted the importance of school integration, based on her own experience growing up in Berkeley, California, and criticized Vice President Biden for his anti-busing positions (and collaborations) in the 1970s. Coincidentally, the debate came at a time when the National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD) and a growing school diversity movement both inside and outside government are pushing to remove these last remaining vestiges from the "anti-busing" years -- blanket prohibitions on the use of federal funds for student transportation to support integration. This effort is part of a broader federal policy agenda of the school integration movement, reflected in the NCSD's federal policy priorities for 2019, including removal of Section 426, passage of the Strength in Diversity competitive grants program, expanded funding for the Magnet Schools Assistance Program, for interdistrict school planning, and for the Equity Assistance Centers (which assist local districts in school integration planning). NCSD has also called for reinstatement of the 2011 school diversity guidance letter, reinstatement of the school integration incentives for Department of Education competitive grant funds, and linking the Magnet Schools Assistance Program with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Choice Neighborhoods public housing redevelopment program. A number of these policy proposals are part of the candidates' education platforms, which are reviewed in this brief.
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Equal Education, Political Candidates, School Desegregation, Charter Schools, Educational Finance, Discipline, Disproportionate Representation, Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Breakfast Programs, Lunch Programs, Housing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC)
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