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| PART 1 (15:00) |
| Women's
Studies Under Attack with Joan Mandle |
| Thirty
years after the first Women's Studies department was founded, the
field is under attack - not by its usual right wing detractors -
but by a small band of feminists who themselves are former professors
in Women's Studies programs. One professor recently accused the
field of "indoctrination passing as teaching" and proclaimed it
"academically illegitimate." Dr. Joan Mandle,
former director of the Women's Studies Program at Colgate University,
talks about the controversial politics that plague Women's Studies
Programs around the country. |
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December 7, 2000 |
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ARTICLES
"A Crucial Test for Feminism," Sharon Begley, Newsweek,
October 30, 2000.
"From Alaskan Outpost, Judith Kleinfeld Looks Down on Higher Education,"
Robin Wilson, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, November 3, 2000.
"Will the Real Feminists Please Stand Up?," Daphne Patai, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, October 6, 2000.
"Speak Freely, Professor - Within the Speech Code," Daphne Patai,
The Chronicle of Higher Education,
June, 9, 2000
WEB SITE
Can
We Wear Our Pearls |
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| PART 2 (19:30) |
| Homework...in
Kindergarten? with Kay Hymowitz |
| Once an idyll
of graham crackers and finger painting, kindergarten has become
increasingly academic, teaching skills like addition and reading
that once were reserved for 1st grade. Kindergartens across the
country now regularly assign homework, and some school districts
offer a full day of kindergarten - as opposed to the traditional
three-hour half day - in order to provide time for lessons in math,
language arts, and science. What's driving this trend toward more
academically oriented kindergarten? |
| -Recorded
December 5, 2000 |
 
| PART 3
(15:30) |
| The
Resegregation of American Schools with Gary Orfield |
| Nearly half
a century after Brown v. Board of Education -- the Supreme Court
decision to end state-imposed segregation -- America's schools are
rapidly re-segregating. Almost three fourths of all black and Latino
students go to schools that are predominantly minority, while the
average white student attends a school that is 80% white. Gary
Orfield, of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University,
reflects on the end of busing and the status of desegregation. |
| -Recorded
November 28, 2000 |
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ARTICLES
"Is
Diversity a Compelling Educational Interest? Evidence from Metropolitan
Louisville," Michal Kurlaender and John T. Yun, August, 2000.
"Elementary Kids More Divided," Lori Higgins, Detroit Free Press,
August 14, 2000.
"Desegregated Schools Promote Tolerance, Harvard study finds," Scott
S. Greeberger, The Boston Globe, August 8, 2000.
"Study: Public Schools are Resegregating," AP, Houston Chronicle,
May 19, 2000.
"Why School Choice Can Promote Integration," Jay P. Greene, Education
Week, April 12, 2000.
"Beyond Busing," Tamar Jacoby, The
Wall Street Journal, July 21, 1999.
"Resegregation
in American Schools," Gary Orfield and John T. Yun, June 1999.
"Race
and Schools: Once again, Charlotte is Poised at a Crossroads,"
Frye Gaillard, Creative Loafing Online, April 17, 1999.
WEB SITE
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