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1896: Plessey V Ferguson
ferguson wonseperate but equal okay 7- TERM 2
1954: Brown V Board of Education.
DEFINITION 2 brown won 9-0 decision of the Warren Court. Established that separate schools were inherently unequal TERM 3
1971: Swan V Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of
Education
DEFINITION 3 9-0 charolette won they found it was approporate to bus the children for integration TERM 4
1973: Keyes v School District No. 1 of
Denver
DEFINITION 4 keyes won 7-1 segregation was ruled unjust TERM 5
1973: San Antonio Independent School
District V. Rodriquez
DEFINITION 5 san antonio independent school district won 5-4Did Texas' public education finance system violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause by failing to distribute funding equally among its school districts? ( property tax is okay to fund education)
1974: Milken V Bradley
milliken won 5-4they cant just add in more whites to make it even by busing... so you cant bus students ( no violation no remedy) TERM 7
1978: Regents of University of California v
Bakke
DEFINITION 7 bakke won 5-4no quota butaffirmativeaction okay cant reserve seats TERM 8
1988 Kadrmas V Dickinson
DEFINITION 8 dickonson won 5-4 Poor family claimed that North Dakota statute allow charging a fee for bus riding was unconstitutional. Court said that it was not because it did not require a fee for school and that education was not a right(ok to charge charge fee for bus education was not a right) TERM 9
1991: Board of Education of Oklahoma City
Public Schools v Dowell
DEFINITION 9 oklahoma board won 5-3court said they could get rid of the desegregation law ( wanted to get rid of law saying they had to because it had been around for so long) TERM 10
1992: Freeman v
Pitts
DEFINITION 10 freeman won 8-0court had no say unless they failed to comply w desegration plan
vygotsky
children togetherpiget alone TERM 17
equality/equity
DEFINITION 17 equal acess / right to chose TERM 18
public v
private
DEFINITION 18 james coleman found private schols have more limited cirriculm but they have better test scores. but there was some critisism in his accuracy.if there is a choice competition will make it better ... increases acountability because if you chose a school they have to listen to what you want or you can go somewhere elseothers say it will create wider gaps. TERM 19
ability grouping
DEFINITION 19 Ability grouping is the educational practice of grouping students by academic potential or past achievement.animal names but kids still knowsome say good because it can challange youothers say bad because high will already be there and low will be stigmatized.. high groups more funding than low.teacher expectations are influenced by groups TERM 20
functionalists
DEFINITION 20 believe that school is good because it sorts out good from bad and has mobility for poor to move up
conflict
it creates a middle class bias more for the middle class so they retain power TERM 22
sorting process
DEFINITION 22 iq testing what are you really testing TERM 23
great equalizer
DEFINITION 23 education TERM 24
polyana hypothesis
DEFINITION 24 women believe you are rewarded the more you work more uyoull get TERM 25
social powerlessness
DEFINITION 25 well educated women find well education to marry
