Abigail Thernstrom, a white Senior Fellow at the intensely conservative Manhattan Institute, has just been named Vice Chair of the US Civil Rights Commission. She has become popular in the last decade for keeping alive the trope of Black and Latino culture as the cause for poor educational achievement and calling for the end […]
excerpts from “College Board Asks Group Not to Post Test Analysis” by Diana Jean Schemo, NY Times, 12/4/04, p. A15
The College Board, which owns the SAT college entrance exam, is demanding that a nonprofit group critical of standardized tests remove from its Web site data that breaks down scores by race, income and sex. […]
from NY Times National Briefing, 12/4/05, p. A15
ALABAMA: ANTISEGREGATION AMENDMENT FAILS A statewide recount showed that voters narrowly decided to keep language in the Alabama Constitution supporting segregation and poll taxes, according to unofficial totals. Nancy Worley, the secretary of state, said voters defeated an amendment to remove the language by just 1,850 votes out […]