PACS 4500 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess
Maps?
Follow the Frog
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Murray Controversy
Moynihan Report
Family, Race, and Class /01/family-structure-class-sawhill Race Gender Economic opportunity
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Ukraine
Crimea & Ukraine Two things to watch as you consider your answers: The long view: The short view: /crimeans-at-the- crossroads.html?smid=pl-share /crimeans-at-the- crossroads.html?smid=pl-share
Donor’s Conference
Community Relations Service
Community Relations Service
Racial Conflict Scenario
Columbine Elementary Exercise I BVSD Open enrollment policy Columbine elementary 82% Latino 78% low income About 70% English Language Learners 51% “open enroll out” (30% average) Foothills elementary 90.5% Caucasian 6% low income
Columbine Elementary Exercise II Adequate Yearly Progress on CSAP standardized tests Failure leads to some form of “corrective action” Competing tests DRA 57% fifth graders at or above grade level CSAP 20% fifth graders passed Debate about the importance of language proficiency
Columbine Elementary Exercise III Parties Columbine parents Latino Caucasian School accountability advocates Superintendent Department of Education School Accountability Program Teachers Department of Education Civil Rights Division Rocky Mountain Center for Community Problem- Solving Latino Rights Fund
Columbine Elementary Exercise IV Better Boulder Foundation The Foundation has issued a “Request for Proposals” for broadly supported efforts to negotiate a consensus resolution of the Columbine Elementary School dispute. Civil Rights Advocacy Fund The fund has indicated that it will support efforts to promote the rights of Latino students and parents that they believe are likely to be successful.