Jossey-Bass Educating a New Majority: Transforming America's Educational System for Diversity (Jossey Bass Education Series)

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how well our educational system--from kindergarten through college--serves disadvantaged minority students, and offers a wealth of ideas for strengthening the entire educational pipeline. Review "Educating the New Majority is a timely resource for professionals in education who are committed to learning more about the changing faces of our students and the impact this has on educational environments." (Journal of College Student Development) From the Inside Flap By the year 2012, students of color are expected to make up twenty-four percent of the under eighteen population in the United States. But despite some progress in college participation and test scores, minority students appear to be getting the least of what American education has to offer. A new vision of educating diverse peoples is needed if we are to tap all of our country's human potential so that we can continue to prosper and compete in the global arena. Educating a New Majority provides a comprehensive assessment of how well our educational system—from kindergarten through college—serves disadvantaged minority students, and offers a wealth of ideas for strengthening the entire educational pipeline. In twenty original chapters by the country's best thinkers in educational policy throughout the K—16 system, the book presents a holistic, highly coordinated, systemwide approach to improving the education of minority students. The authors advocate not only for change within the school, but also for building partnerships between schools and postsecondary institutions as well as alliances with community organizations. And they show why leadership is needed at all levels—schools and colleges, parents, the community, and state and federal agencies—to refashion an educational system that works for all students. From the Back Cover This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how well our educational system—from kindergarten through college—serves disadvantaged minority students, and offers a wealth of ideas for strengthening the entire educational pipeline. In twenty original chapters by the country's best thinkers in educational policy throughout the K—16 system, the book presents a holistic, highly coordinated, systemwide approach to improving the education of minority students. About the Author RICHARD O. HOPE is vice president and director of the Woodrow Wilson Program in Public Policy and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. From 1988 to 1990, he was executive director of the Quality Education for Minorities Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.