Brown vs. Board of Education by Dr. Angela Nagel

dranagel921 — 2024-11-18 16:27:26 UTC

#1 - How does this mandate impact your school or community?
#2 - What are some criticisms or challenges of this mandate?
#3 - Do you agree with this mandate? Why or why not?
#4 - If you could change one aspect of this mandate, what would it be and why?

dranagel921 — 2024-11-18 16:50:24 UTC

The Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision mandated the desegregation of public schools and gave the executive branch a legal precedent for enforcing equal access to education.

dranagel921 — 2024-11-18 17:39:05 UTC

First and Last Name

2024-11-18 17:57:50 UTC

Kennedy Welty

1- This mandate impacts the school because it diminished segregation and allowed African American children to learn in classrooms alongside white children. It impacted the community because this desegregation affected other segregation laws too.

2- A criticism I have is that it at first it only affected public schools, meaning that private schools were still segregated until 1976.

3- I agree with this mandate because it is important that everyone has an equal opportunity, especially to get educated.

4- If I could change one aspect, it would be to get the private schools involved faster in the mandate so that people have the option to choose whether their children attend private or public school.

2024-11-18 20:15:04 UTC

Addison Gorday

The mandate impacts my school because it disallowed segregation in schools. If this mandate wasn't put in place, segregation in schools would still be allowed. For the community, it was a big step in the direction for overall desegregation in the U.S. This helped pave the way for civil rights.
I agree with Kennedy in that the mandate was only for public schools, resulting in private schools still being able to segregate students.
I fully agree with this mandate. This was a huge win for civil rights and it should've happened much sooner than it did.
If I could change anything I would've made it happen sooner, so equal opportunities could've been dealt earlier.

2024-11-20 08:56:26 UTC

Tyler Case

1: This mandate was huge for education and communities, banning the segregation of African Americans in schools and was a massive stepping stone towards civil rights and towards tearing down racist beliefs and ideologies.

2: A critic that I echo with Kennedy and Addison is the mandate only applying to public schools. The mandate should have been nationwide, applying to all schools, including private schools, showing that racism has no place in education.

3: I agree with this mandate. Racism, separation of people and bigotry are all evil, terrible beliefs that do not belong in any sphere, let alone education, this was a big and necessary step for the equality of all people.

One change I would make to the mandate would be to require the desegregation of private schools as well as public schools. Racism should not have a place to retreat to when taken away, equality should be afforded to everyone, whether they decide on a public or private education, they should be afforded that without fear of discrimination or retaliation.

2024-11-20 15:56:00 UTC

David Quintanilla

Bowling Green is an extremely diverse community and their schools reflect that. Without the mandate from Brown vs Education these schools would not be diverse.
As everyone else is saying the only criticism with this mandate is that it only applied to public schools and that private schools were still allowed to segregate.
Yes, I agree with this mandate. Without it our schools would be so different, and I would have no idea how my life would be right now.
One change that should've been made to this mandate is that it should've applied to private schools as well.

2024-11-20 21:44:30 UTC

Lillian Harmon

Without the mandate from Brown vs. Education, this could affect the school's diversity.
The only criticism is that this mandate only applies to public schools, not private ones.
I agree with this mandate because all schools are now equal and peaceful instead of segregated.
One change I would make is would apply this mandate to any type of school and not just public schools.

2024-11-20 21:45:17 UTC

This mandate has played a major role in my community and school system. It allowed for more diversity and equality within each of the schools.
One of the challenges within this mandate was the criticism that African Americans faced when they began going to White schools. They were treated harshly and were unwelcome by the communities.
I wholeheartedly agree with this mandate and I believe that everyone, of any race or ethnicity, should have the same opportunities. Without this mandate, we would all be divided against each other.
The only thing I would change about this mandate would be to require that all schools participate, not just those public schools but private as well.

2024-11-20 21:46:48 UTC

This mandate was crucially important in allowing all people, regardless of race, to get the same quality of education. Thanks to this mandate, I was able to grow up in an extremely diverse school system exposed to a variety of different cultures and perspectives that I would not have seen otherwise. This makes our children more tolerant, empathetic, and knowledgeable about life experiences different from their own.
This mandate left desegregation to lower courts, which meant that many schools still tried to find a way around desegregation.
Of course. Equal education is a fundamental human right.
I would have implemented stronger measures at the federal level to ensure that desegregation happened more quickly and with less political defiance.

2024-11-20 21:48:04 UTC

1: The Brown v. Board of Education decision has ensured more racial diversity in schools, as they can no longer be segregated based on race. It not only had a positive impact on diversity, but was progress toward ending segregation as a whole.

2: The mandate applied only to public schools rather than all private schools as well.

3: I completely agree with this mandate due to the objective evils of segregation and discrimination based on race.

4: The execution of the mandate took longer than it should have. More specificity should have been included to ensure integration of all schools quicker.

2024-11-20 21:50:12 UTC

without this mandate, schools would not have as much diversity, which could cause students to struggle when they get older. This mandate was important in my school because we never made children feel different
One challenge with this mandate is that it is only mandated in public schools and not private
I agree with this mandate because I believe all schools should be equal
the only thing I would change would be to mandate it in all schools, and not just private schools

2024-11-20 21:56:48 UTC

David Tinsley

1.) This mandate ensures that all schools treat each student fairly regardless of race. Making sure that schools were desecrated and kept that way.

2.) This mandate was subjective and did not provide for schools outside of the public school systems. Although with this mandate being public law would not include private institutions.

3.) For the time and place that this mandate was put into place I feel it was social advancement. There needs to be updates and overhauls that are congruent with todays social and public education expectations and needs.

4.) There needs to be extensions that are more culturally appropriate for the ultra diverse school environment that we are presented with today.