National Urban Alliance
Donna Alvermann's article:
"...Writing from his perspective as an economist at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Ferguson minced no words in his assessment of the situation [i.e., the achievement gap]:
A key fact is that a few decades from now, there will be no racial or ethnic majority group in the United States. So along with African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and American Indicans, Americans of European ancestry will be a minority. Collectively, non-Whites will constitute the majority in both the electorate and the workforce..."
A good piece as setup for the entire NCTE volume and I might add, Donna's advocacy is a reflection of both common sense and extant research in the teaching of literacy. Certainly no one would disagree with the quote she cites above -- notwithstanding the renewed attempts by Charles Murray (of The Bell Curve), to maintain the status quo (see 8/31referenced piece @ http://www.nuatc.blogspot/) . If interested in exploring the casual backdrop of political analysis, one might read: "Fear: The History of a Political Idea," by Corey Robin, Oxford University Press (2004).
Trust you all will have an opportunity to read this edition from NCTE, Voices from the Middle, Closing the Achievement Gap, Volume 13, No. 1, September 2005.
"...Writing from his perspective as an economist at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Ferguson minced no words in his assessment of the situation [i.e., the achievement gap]:
A key fact is that a few decades from now, there will be no racial or ethnic majority group in the United States. So along with African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and American Indicans, Americans of European ancestry will be a minority. Collectively, non-Whites will constitute the majority in both the electorate and the workforce..."
A good piece as setup for the entire NCTE volume and I might add, Donna's advocacy is a reflection of both common sense and extant research in the teaching of literacy. Certainly no one would disagree with the quote she cites above -- notwithstanding the renewed attempts by Charles Murray (of The Bell Curve), to maintain the status quo (see 8/31referenced piece @ http://www.nuatc.blogspot/) . If interested in exploring the casual backdrop of political analysis, one might read: "Fear: The History of a Political Idea," by Corey Robin, Oxford University Press (2004).
Trust you all will have an opportunity to read this edition from NCTE, Voices from the Middle, Closing the Achievement Gap, Volume 13, No. 1, September 2005.
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