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Karen, David – Sociology of Education, 2005
Too many American children are segregated into schools without standards, shuffled from grade-to-grade because of their age, regard less of their knowledge. This is discrimination, pure and simple--the soft bigotry of low expectations. And our nation should treat it like other forms of discrimination. We should end it. One size does not fit all…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Social Discrimination, Disabilities