1. By: Abby Gajewski EDU509 Jim Tromblee April 2, 2009

2. The Coleman Report’s History The most famous study in the history of education. Presented a report to the U.S. Congress which found that poor black children did better academically in integrated, middle-class schools. In the 1964 Civil Rights Act, there was a call for a study of inequality of opportunity in education. In 1966, the second largest social science research project in history took place. Equality of Educational Opportunity. Surprising finds…

3. The impact of the Coleman Report Studies that are still being done. Policy expert Marc S. Tucker—the president of the Washington-based National Center on Education and the Economy. Four decades later, scholars say that much has changed in American education and much has not.

4. How would the world be different if this never took place? There would be the possibility of schools still being segregated. People would be blaming the schools for their children not succeeding. Students wouldn’t be able to learn with another culture and see if they may have a different point of view on what they are learning.

5. So what? Coleman promoted racial balance between schools. The academic achievement was related to family background in the early years, but going to school allowed for a greater disparity between the academic differences between whites and blacks. Coleman's work had a far-reaching impact on government education policy. The government introduced a policy of affirmative action to racially integrate schools and to end de facto segregation produced by income level and neighborhood ethnic composition.

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