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Predictable Failure of Federal Sanctions-Driven Accountability for School Improvement--And Why We May Retain It Anyway
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Mintrop, Heinrich; Sunderman, Gail L. – Educational Researcher, 2009
The federal accountability system, made universal through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, is a system driven by quotas and sanctions, stipulating the progression of underperforming schools through sanctions based on meeting performance quotas for specific demographic groups. The authors examine whether the current federal accountability…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Federal Legislation, Quotas, Accountability
AB1725 and the Vanishing Human Being: How Pluralism Is Giving Way to Special Privilege in the California Community Colleges.
Reeb, Richard H. – 1989
This paper argues against the affirmative action legislation contained in Assembly Bill (AB) 1725, putting forth the position that affirmative action policies in faculty hiring and student admissions represent de facto racial and gender discrimination. The paper criticizes the purely formal language of AB 1725, arguing that it blurs the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Community Colleges, Educational Change
On Campus with Women, Number 27, Summer 1980.
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1980
A newsletter on issues pertaining to women's rights on campuses and in employment is presented. Developments and issues include the following: initiation of intercollegiate athletic championships for women in nine sports; a charge of unequal pay for women coaches; university cases of alleged sex discrimination in athletic programs; reference to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Civil Rights, College Faculty