Education that works : an action plan for the education of minorities.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Quality Education for Minorities Project (Cambridge, Mass.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. (MIT Room 26-153, Cambridge 02139) : Quality Education for Minorities Project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1990]
Subjects:	Minorities > Education > United States > Planning. Educational change > United States. Educational equalization > United States. Educational change. Educational equalization. Minorities > Education > Planning. United States. Minority Groups > education > United States. Schools > United States. Social Planning > United States.

Table of Contents:

Goals for the year 2000
Why we need education that works
Insights: the minority experience in American education
A closer look : Alaska natives ; American Indians ; Black Americans ; Mexican Americans ; Puerto Ricans
Why we are behind : Ten myths about the education of minority Americans ; Other obstacles to a quality education
Education that works: restructuring American schools
The action plan : Guidelines ; Vision ; Recommended strategies for achieving quality education for minorities
What we must do: family, community, public, and private responsibilities
Meeting the challenge
A proposal for a next step
Estimated costs
Recommended reading
Appendices : A. Action plan roles and responsibilities ; B. Definition of ethnic group labels ; C. List of participants ; D. List of commissioned papers.