"Stop, Don't Drink the Water!": A Modern Day Look at an Urban Segregated School
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Authors
Faurot, Megan E.
Issue Date
2002
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Significant changes are needed to make America's public schools equal. Today
the inequalities and disparities among schools are a major concern. One issue that is
fostering this problem is the existence of segregation that persists in the public school
system. Students who attend poor, minority urban schools are the ones mostly affected
by these problems. The negative reinforcement that these students receive throughout
their education suffocates their desire to succeed and sadly lowers their expectations of
themselves. America's public schools need to focus on making significant changes. One
urban high school in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is in the process of change to
improve the education for their minority students. The three areas within the school that
are changing include the integration of computer technology into the curriculum, the
addition of advanced placement courses and the construction of a new school. To obtain
a thorough understanding of the importance of these particular changes the perspectives
of the U.S. Department of Education and the students and faculty members of Simeon
Career Academy were accumulated through literature review, interviews and surveys.
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iv, 62 p.
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