vestiges of Brown

Date Issued:: 2013
Summary:: The purpose of this study was to examine and describe the relationship between a school's percentage of African American students enrolled and the placement of an African American principal for all of Florida's K-12 traditional public schools during the academic year 2010-2011. This study also sought to determine if this relationship was moderated by each school's level, size, letter grade, socioeconomic status (FRL), gender of principal, as well as gender and race of the presiding district superintendent. Lastly, the relationship between each moderator variable and the placement of African American principals was examined. The ultimate objective was to determine if limited opportunities still widely exist in the placement of African American principals throughout Florida. ... From a legal perspective, although Brown and its progeny of civil rights laws valiantly set out to eliminate race and racism from schools and in the workplace, the findings revealed that race continues to be a factor in determining inequity in principal placements.

Title:	The vestiges of Brown: an analysis of the placements of African American principals in Florida public schools (2010-2011).	137 views 44 downloads
Name(s):	Nesmith, Leo, Jr College of Education Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Type of Resource:	text
Genre:	Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued:	2013
Publisher:	Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form:	electronic
Extent:	xiv, 172 p. : ill.
Language(s):	English
Summary:	The purpose of this study was to examine and describe the relationship between a school's percentage of African American students enrolled and the placement of an African American principal for all of Florida's K-12 traditional public schools during the academic year 2010-2011. This study also sought to determine if this relationship was moderated by each school's level, size, letter grade, socioeconomic status (FRL), gender of principal, as well as gender and race of the presiding district superintendent. Lastly, the relationship between each moderator variable and the placement of African American principals was examined. The ultimate objective was to determine if limited opportunities still widely exist in the placement of African American principals throughout Florida. ... From a legal perspective, although Brown and its progeny of civil rights laws valiantly set out to eliminate race and racism from schools and in the workplace, the findings revealed that race continues to be a factor in determining inequity in principal placements.
Identifier:	863701449 (oclc), 3362578 (digitool), FADT3362578 (IID), fau:4225 (fedora)
Note(s):	by Leo Nesmith, Jr. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Subject(s):	Topeka (Kan.) Board of Education Racism in education Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States African American educators -- Florida Faculty integration -- Florida -- 21st century Education, Urban -- Political aspects -- Florida
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362578
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU

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