Affirmative Action and Education: Lessons from "Wygant" and "Piscataway.".

Hunter, Richard C.; Brown, M. Christopher, II; Bartee, RoSusan

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Publication Date: 2001

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Affirmative Action and Education: Lessons from "Wygant" and "Piscataway."

Hunter, Richard C.; Brown, M. Christopher, II; Bartee, RoSusan

School Business Affairs, v67 n1 p28-32 Jan 2001

Two legal cases depict affirmative action as the primary source of racial tensions within school operations: "Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education" (1986) and "United States v. Board of Education of the Township of Piscataway" (1993). Pre-established policies of preferential treatment have no place in today's teacher-employment decision-making strategies. (Contains 15 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems, Minority Groups, Racial Discrimination, School Policy, Teacher Employment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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