Inside American Education (53 page)
26
Rosalie Pedalino Porter, “The Disabling Power of Ideology: Challenging the Basic Assumptions of Bilingual Education,”
Learning in Two Languages
, edited by Gary Imhoff, p. 34.
27
Rosalie Pedalino Porter,
Forked Tongue
, p. 35.
28
Sally Peterson, “A Practicing Teacher’s Views on Bilingual Education: The Need for Reform,”
Learning in Two Languages
, edited by Gary Imhoff, pp. 246-247.
29
Linda Chavez,
Out of Barrio
, pp. 15-16.
30
Rosalie Pedalino Porter,
Forked Tongue
, pp. 39, 42-58.
31
Richard Bernstein, “A War of Words,”
New York Times Magazine
, October 14, 1990, p. 53.
32
Sally Peterson, “A Practicing Teacher’s Views on Bilingual Education: The Need for Reform,”
Learning in Two Languages
, edited by Gary Imhoff, p. 252.
33
Rosalie Pedalino Porter,
Forked Tongue
, p. 27.
34
Hugh Davis Graham,
American Liberalism and Language Policy: Should Liberals Support Official English?
(Washington, D.C.: U.S. English, 1990), pp. 18, 20.
35
Edward B. Fiske, “One Language or Two?”
New York Times
, Section 12:
Education: Fall Survey
, November 10, 1985, p. 45.
36
Walter McManus, William Gould, and Finis Welch, “Earnings of Hispanic Men: The Role of English Language Performance,”
Journal of Labor Economics
, April 1983, pp. 101-130.
37
James A. Banks, “Fostering Language and Cultural Literacy in the Schools,”
Learning in Two Languages
, edited by Gary Imhoff, p. 11.
38
See Robert N. Kearney,
Communalism and Language in the Politics of Ceylon
(Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1967).
39
Ibid.
, pp. 2, 11, 12.
40
Linda Chavez,
Out of the Barrio
, p. 134.
41
Sally Peterson, “A Practicing Teacher’s Views on Bilingual Education: The Need for Reform,”
Learning in Two Languages
, edited by Gary Imhoff, pp. 252, 254.
42
Del Stover, “The New Racism,”
American School Board Journal
, June 1990, p. 14.
43
Ibid.
, p. 17.
44
Murder in the Playground
, p. 112.
45
Ibid.
, pp. 299-300.
46
Ibid.
, p. 112.
47
Ibid.
, p. 178.
48
Ibid.
, pp. 135-136.
49
See
Ibid.
, pp. 18, 144.
50
Ibid.
, p. 196.
51
Ibid.
, pp. 323-325.
52
Ibid.
, p. 144.
53
Ibid.
, p. 324.
54
Ibid.
55
Maria Kruglik, “Working Toward Textbook Realism: Is ‘Multiculturalism’ Going Too Far?”
Curriculum Review
, April 1990, p. 3.
56
Ibid.
57
Ibid.
58
Ibid.
, p. 4.
59
Robert T. Reilly, “Making Standard Textbooks Relevant,”
Curriculum Review
, March 1989, p. 4.
60
Diana Walsh, “Integration Efforts Fail Outside of Class,”
San Francisco Examiner
, March 26, 1991, p. 1.
61
Ibid.
, p. A-12.
62
Carl Rogers,
Freedom to Learn for the 80’s
(Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 1983), p. 137.
63
Ibid.
, p. 136.
64
Ibid.
, pp. 18-19.
65
Ibid.
, p. 288.
66
Robert Klitgaard,
Elitism and Meritocracy in Developing Countries: Selection Policies for Higher Education
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986), pp. 15-21.
67
Ibid.
, p. 25.
68
Ibid.
, p. 29.
69
Ibid.
, pp. 21-23.
70
Herbert I. London,
Armageddon in the Classroom: An Examination of Nuclear Education
(Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 1987), pp. 2-3.
71
Tupper Hill, “S.F. Pupils Send Lawmakers Bitter Hate Mail on Prop. 98,”
San Francisco Examiner
, May 5, 1991, p. B1.
72
Memorandum, May 15, 1991, from Bill Honig to “All County and District Superintendents.”
73
Tupper Hill, “S.F. Pupils Send Lawmakers Bitter Hate Mail on Prop. 98.”
San Francisco Examiner
, May 5, 1991, p. B4.
74
Mary Gibson Hundley,
The Dunbar Story
(1870-1955) (New York: Vantage Press, 1965); Thomas Sowell, “Black Excellence: The Case of Dunbar High School,”
The Public Interest
, Spring 1974, pp. 1-21.
75
Thomas Sowell, “Patterns of Black Excellence,”
The Public Interest
, Spring 1976, p. 42.
76
David G. Savage, “L.A. School Drop ‘F’ Grade for Youngsters,”
Los Angeles Times
, March 18, 1986, p. A1.
77
Thomas Toch,
In the Name of Excellence: The Struggle to Reform the Nation’s Schools, Why It’s Failing, and What Should Be Done
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), pp. 48-49.
78
Ibid.
, pp. 102-107.
CHAPTER 5: DAMAGING ADMISSIONS
1
David O, Levine,
The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915-1940
(Ithaca: Cornell University, 1986), p. 139.
2
Ibid.
, p. 140.
3
E. J. Kahn, Jr.,
Harvard: Through Change and Through Storm
(New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1969), p. 31.
4
Ibid.
, p. 33.
5
Robert Klitgaard,
Choosing Elites
(New York: Basic Books, 1985), p. 31.
6
See advertisement for Dean of Admissions, Middlebury College,
The Chronicle of Higher Education
November 21, 1990, p. B44.
7
Duncan C. Murdoch, “Harvey Mudd College,”
50 College Admission Directors Speak to Parents
, edited by Sanova F. McGowan and Sara M. McGinty (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1988), p. 49.
8
James W. Schmotter, “Colleges Have Themselves to Blame for the Influence of Journalistic Rankings of Their Quality,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, August 16, 1990, p. A40.
9
William R. Fitzsimmons, “Risky Business,”
Harvard Magazine
, January-February 1991, p. 27.
10
Robin Wilson, “As Competition for Students Increases, Admissions Officers Face Dismissal If They Don’t ‘Win and Keep on Winning,’”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, October 31, 1990, p. 1.
11
Ibid.
12
“Median Salaries of College and University Administrators, 1989-90,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Almanac
, September 5, 1990, p. 22.
13
Ibid.
, p. A36.
14
Julie L. Nicklin, “Liberal Arts Colleges Face Up to Cost-Saving Measures but Fear Their Character May be Affected by the Cuts,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, January 30, 1991, p. A25.
15
Loren Pope,
Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That’s Right for You
(New York: Penguin Books, 1990), p. 26.
16
Robert A. Service, “Marketing College Publications for Today’s Students,”
Journal of College Admissions
, Winter 1990, p. 26. This motto is repeated at the end of the article.
Ibid.
, p. 28.
17
Ibid.
, p. 27.
18
Ibid.
, p. 28.
19
William R. Fitzsimmons, “Risky Business,”
Harvard Magazine
, January-February 1991, p. 26.
20
David Riesman,
On Higher Education: The Academic Enterprise in an Era of Rising Student Consumerism
(San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers), p. 110.
21
Tom Fishgrund, editor,
Fishgrund’s Insider Guide to the Top 25 Colleges
(Atlanta: Platinum Press, 1989), p. xv.
22
“The Admissions Game,”
America’s Best Colleges 1990
(Washington, D.C.: U.S. News & World Report, 1989), p. 44.
23
Deidre Camody, “Colleges’ S.A.T. Lists Can Be Creative Works,”
New York Times
, November 23, 1987, p. B10.