 Blacks and Education: Three Perspectives on a Continuing National Controversyreviewed by Samuel D. Johnson, Jr. - 1985  Title: Blacks and Education: Three Perspectives on a
Continuing National ControversyAuthor(s): Forrest W. Parkay Publisher: Praeger Publications, Westport ISBN: 0275910563, Pages: , Year: 1983 Search for book at Amazon.com Virtually any time a social scientist or educational practitioner uses the terms race and education in a sentence, controversy is certain to follow. Each of the three books reviewed here approaches one of the complex issues involved in understanding how being black makes a difference in educational practice, policy, or outcomes. I doubt that very many people will share my experience of reading these three books in succession, unless they are assigned to do so, but reading them in such a fashion was perhaps more valuable for me, both personally and as a reviewer, because it amplified the complexity of the problems faced by those involved in efforts to make sense out of the problems at the points of interface between black Americans and public education. Blacks in the United States and other multiracial societies have traditionally equated education with access to social and economic mobility in a fashion that is basically... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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