affirmative action programs

"A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter's many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans"--.

Provides educators and school administrators with a guide to education equity, pedagogy, and school transformation that shifts away from big data such as standardized test scores, and towards "street data" that elevates the voices of marginalized students. Provides practical advice and tools on how to gather street data, and integrate it into a school or district's equity journey to achieve school transformation.

"Use field-tested practices to guide critical conversations about emotionally charged topics with friends, colleagues, and community as you begin building equitable experiences for students"--Provided by publisher.

"An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how the explosion of rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice"--Provided by publisher.

"Chronicle some of our government's greatest applications of affirmative action, when it has failed, how the perception of it has evolved, and where it will take equality in the future"--Provided by publisher.

"A history of affirmative action from its beginning with the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to the first use of the term in 1935 with the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act (the Wagner Act) to 1961 and John F. Kennedy's Executive Order 10925, mandating that federal contractors take "affirmative action" to ensure that there be no discrimination by "race, creed, color, or national origin" down to . . . [contemporary] . . . American society"--Dust jacket.

A collection of fifteen essays in which a variety of authors examine the philosophical and public policy debates over the issue of affirmative action.

The author examines racial inequality in American during the twentieth century, and discusses economic policies enacted during the 1930s designed to discriminate against minority groups.

Racism is the belief that people of a certain race or ethnicity are superior or inferior to others, and the severity of the problem today is often a topic of debate.