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Article: The Office for Civil Rights and Non-Discriminatory Testing, Policies, and Procedures: Implications for Gifted Education.
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- Roeper Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2000
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In 1999, many Americans celebrated the 45th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The Brown decision ranks among the most significant rulings in the history of the Court. This decision has formed the cornerstone for many subsequent legal developments that seek to ensure the civil and educational rights of African-American and other culturally and linguistically diverse students. Given the continuing impact of Brown in public school settings (namely desegregation), one must also extend its impact to specialized programs, including the desegregation of gifted education.
Any school district that ...